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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. What year was a French watercolor done to show a yellow fever victim in the early stages of the illness?
(a) 1819.
(b) 1751.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1796.

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

3. Where was the militia company stationed that shot off a cannon in Chapter 4?
(a) Fort Mifflin.
(b) Fort Gaddis.
(c) Fort Ligonier.
(d) Fort Allen.

4. What were the sewers called in Philadelphia?
(a) Sinks.
(b) Canals.
(c) Trenches.
(d) Cesspools.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Matthew Clarkson become mayor of Philadelphia?

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

4. What was the name of Clarkson's son who died during the plague?

5. When did George and Martha Washington leave Philadelphia?

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