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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 did A.B., a contributor to "Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser," find in rainwater barrels?
(a) Dead dogs.
(b) Garbage.
(c) Dead cats.
(d) Mosquitoes.

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

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

4. What did physicians call the tiny reddish sores that erupted on individuals who had the plague?
(a) Odium.
(b) Purpura.
(c) Petechiae.
(d) Stigma.

5. A few days before being called to care for Catherine LeMaigre, which doctor had lost his daughter to the same fever?
(a) Dr. Wyatt.
(b) Dr. Rush.
(c) Dr. Hodge.
(d) Dr. Foulke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cargo did the sloop Amelia bring to Philadelphia?

2. How many died on September 8?

3. How many children did Clarkson have?

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

5. On August 27, how many senators from the Pennsylvania legislature met at the state house?

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