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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four: Confusion, Distress, and Utter Desolation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many died on September 8?
(a) 51.
(b) 42.
(c) 38.
(d) 64.

2. How many representatives met at the state house on August 27?
(a) 23.
(b) 36.
(c) 41.
(d) 18.

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

4. How did Louis XVI die?
(a) Beheaded.
(b) In a dungeon with no food or water.
(c) Hung.
(d) Shot by a firing squad.

5. What was the name of the second-year medical student who volunteered to help at Bush Hill?
(a) Charles Caldwell.
(b) Mason Davidson.
(c) Edward Franklin.
(d) Isaac Hayes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the doctor who had studied yellow fever, but never seen it?

2. Who was the governor of Pennsylvania in 1793?

3. How many rooms were there in Bush Hill?

4. When did Clarkson ask the physicians from the College of Physicians to come to a meeting about the plague?

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

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