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

2. Who lent his house to George and Martha Washington?
(a) Matthew Clarkson
(b) Robert Morris.
(c) Benjamin Rush.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

3. How often would Catherine LeMaigre vomit?
(a) About every 30 minutes.
(b) Every couple hours.
(c) Every 15 minutes.
(d) Every 10 minutes or so.

4. How many French refugees fled a fierce slave rebellion?
(a) 579.
(b) 712.
(c) 1,200.
(d) 2,100.

5. How many people who contracted yellow fever usually died from it?
(a) 10 percent.
(b) 50 percent.
(c) 75 percent.
(d) 25 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. When had Dr. Rush seen a similar sickness before?

2. How many humors did physicians believe there were in the human body?

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

4. How long had medical professionals believed that disease was caused by body humors being out of balance?

5. How many physicians were in Philadelphia in 1793?

(see the answer key)

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