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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. How many humors did physicians believe there were in the human body?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

2. How many physicians from the College of Physicians showed up when Matthew Clarkson called a meeting?
(a) 25.
(b) 48.
(c) 16.
(d) 34.

3. To Catherine LeMaigre, what part of her body did she feel as though it was burning up?
(a) Back.
(b) Head.
(c) Face.
(d) Stomach.

4. When did Clarkson ask the physicians from the College of Physicians to come to a meeting about the plague?
(a) August 28.
(b) August 25.
(c) August 19.
(d) August 14.

5. When did Matthew Clarkson become mayor of Philadelphia?
(a) 1792.
(b) 1790.
(c) 1791.
(d) 1789.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many shops were in Philadelphia in 1793?

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

3. How many of his children did Charles Willson Peale shut inside his museum-residence along with himself and his wife?

4. How many children did Clarkson have?

5. What cargo did the sloop Amelia bring to Philadelphia?

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