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

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

3. How old was Catherine LeMaigre when she became ill?
(a) 27.
(b) 41.
(c) 22.
(d) 33

4. What was the name of the doctor who had studied yellow fever, but never seen it?
(a) Dr. William Currie.
(b) Dr. Samuel Griffitts.
(c) Dr. Benjamin Rush.
(d) Dr. Benjamin Duffield.

5. What did many people sprinkle around their rooms after whitewashing them?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Vinegar.
(c) Ashes.
(d) Baking soda.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Matthew Clarkson when the plague struck Philadelphia?

2. How many physicians were in Philadelphia in 1793?

3. After a sailor died in a boarding house, who was the next person to die?

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

5. What were the sewers called in Philadelphia?

(see the answer key)

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