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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. When did George and Martha Washington leave Philadelphia?
(a) September 21.
(b) September 10.
(c) August 23.
(d) September 30.

2. How many people do historians estimate fled from Philadelphia during the fever?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 15,000.

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

4. In 1793, what percent of Philadelphia's black worked as live-in domestic workers?
(a) 69%.
(b) 80%.
(c) About 35%.
(d) Over 50%.

5. In what part of the state house building were the rooms of Joseph Fry, the doorkeeper who died from the fever?
(a) North.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) East.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the last time that there was a yellow fever epidemic?

2. How many people lived in Philadelphia in 1793?

3. How many representatives met at the state house on August 27?

4. How many of his children did Charles Willson Peale shut inside his museum-residence along with himself and his wife?

5. What year was a French watercolor done to show a yellow fever victim in the early stages of the illness?

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