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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. In which direction were the swamps near Philadelphia that had lost water due to the intense heat?
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) South.
(d) North.

2. How did Louis XVI die?
(a) Beheaded.
(b) Shot by a firing squad.
(c) Hung.
(d) In a dungeon with no food or water.

3. Where was Dr. Rush's wife that summer of 1793?
(a) Amherst.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Hartford.
(d) Trenton.

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

5. What was Catherine LeMaigre's husband's name?
(a) Peter.
(b) William.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Andrew.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people lived in Philadelphia in 1793?

2. How many French refugees fled a fierce slave rebellion?

3. Who lent his house to George and Martha Washington?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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