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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 long did George Washington plan to be gone from Philadelphia when he left the city?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 15 days.
(d) 20 days.

2. Where was Dr. Rush's wife that summer of 1793?
(a) Trenton.
(b) Hartford.
(c) Amherst.
(d) Princeton.

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

4. How many of his children did Charles Willson Peale shut inside his museum-residence along with himself and his wife?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

5. In which direction were the swamps near Philadelphia that had lost water due to the intense heat?
(a) South.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) North.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week did Catherine LeMaigre die?

2. Where did federal department heads move their offices?

3. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 1?

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

5. To Catherine LeMaigre, what part of her body did she feel as though it was burning up?

(see the answer key)

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