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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five: It Was Our Duty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times a day did Charles Willson Peale fire a musket inside his house?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

2. How old was Matthew Clarkson when the plague struck Philadelphia?
(a) 39.
(b) 60.
(c) 57.
(d) 48.

3. What type of church did Rev. J. Henry C. Helmuth pastor?
(a) Presbyterian.
(b) Episcopal.
(c) Congregational.
(d) Lutheran.

4. About how many free blacks lived in Philadelphia?
(a) 2,300.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 1,700.
(d) 3,000.

5. How many French refugees fled a fierce slave rebellion?
(a) 579.
(b) 2,100.
(c) 1,200.
(d) 712.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did George Washington plan to be gone from Philadelphia when he left the city?

2. Who was the owner of Bush Hill?

3. What doctor wrote about the disgusting aspects of the vomit that spewed from fever victims?

4. How many Overseers were in charge of managing the city almshouse?

5. Who wrote a letter asking the Free African Society to nurse the sick and attend to the dead?

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