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

2. What was the name of the newspaper that was printed at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) City Paper.
(b) Daily News.
(c) Inquirer.
(d) The Federal Gazette.

3. When had Dr. Rush seen a similar sickness before?
(a) 1784.
(b) 1750.
(c) 1762.
(d) 1771.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Dr. Rush's wife that summer of 1793?

2. How many watchmen were supposed to watch the streets of Philadelphia at night?

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

4. What did doctors give Catherine LeMaigre to cool her fever?

5. What did A.B., a contributor to "Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser," find in rainwater barrels?

(see the answer key)

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