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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three: Church Bells Tolling.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Charles Willson Peale's wife's name?
(a) Patience.
(b) Betsy.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Martha.

2. How many people do historians estimate fled from Philadelphia during the fever?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 30,000.

3. According to Dr. Hodge, where did the first deaths from the fever happen?
(a) 4th St.
(b) 13th St.
(c) On or near Water St.
(d) On or near Main St.

4. A few days before being called to care for Catherine LeMaigre, which doctor had lost his daughter to the same fever?
(a) Dr. Hodge.
(b) Dr. Foulke.
(c) Dr. Wyatt.
(d) Dr. Rush.

5. How old was Benjamin Rush in 1793?
(a) 39.
(b) 47.
(c) 61.
(d) 54.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week did Catherine LeMaigre die?

2. What eye condition did Matthew Clarkson have?

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

4. What was the name of one of the rivers that was drying up near Philadelphia?

5. How many physicians were in Philadelphia in 1793?

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