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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. According to Dr. Hodge, where did the first deaths from the fever happen?
(a) 4th St.
(b) On or near Main St.
(c) 13th St.
(d) On or near Water St.

2. How many humors did physicians believe there were in the human body?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

3. What was the largest city in North America in 1793?
(a) Trenton.
(b) Charlestown.
(c) New York.
(d) Philadelphia.

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

5. How many people died in two houses on the same street during one week?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did a savage storm hit the city bringing winds and torrents of rain?

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

3. How many people lived in Philadelphia in 1793?

4. What church in Philadelphia had been built with the help of blacks?

5. Where did Jones and Allen discover a house where the mother was dead, the father was dying, and the children were huddled together, frightened and hungry?

(see the answer key)

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