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

2. What day of the week did Catherine LeMaigre die?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

3. In what boarding house did a sailor die of a fever?
(a) Richard Denny's.
(b) Maggie MacPherson's.
(c) Sarah Smythe's.
(d) William Wright's.

4. How long had medical professionals believed that disease was caused by body humors being out of balance?
(a) 500 years.
(b) 3,000 years.
(c) 2,500 years.
(d) 700 years.

5. What cargo did the sloop Amelia bring to Philadelphia?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Lamb.
(c) Beef.
(d) Bananas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did physicians call the tiny reddish sores that erupted on individuals who had the plague?

2. How many physicians from the College of Physicians showed up when Matthew Clarkson called a meeting?

3. How old was Benjamin Rush in 1793?

4. What day of the week were the recommendations published from the College of Physicians?

5. How many times a day did Charles Willson Peale fire a musket inside his house?

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