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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two: All Was Not Right.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the nationality of the sailor who had a fever and seizures before he died on August 3?
(a) French.
(b) African.
(c) British.
(d) American.

2. What did physicians call the tiny reddish sores that erupted on individuals who had the plague?
(a) Petechiae.
(b) Purpura.
(c) Odium.
(d) Stigma.

3. What type of church did Rev. J. Henry C. Helmuth pastor?
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Congregational.
(d) Episcopal.

4. How long had medical professionals believed that disease was caused by body humors being out of balance?
(a) 500 years.
(b) 3,000 years.
(c) 2,500 years.
(d) 700 years.

5. What day of the week did Catherine LeMaigre die?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Wednesday.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did a savage storm hit the city bringing winds and torrents of rain?

2. In what boarding house did a sailor die of a fever?

3. How old was Catherine LeMaigre when she became ill?

4. How many people lived in Philadelphia in 1793?

5. To Catherine LeMaigre, what part of her body did she feel as though it was burning up?

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