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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight: this Unmerciful Enemy.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was the governor of Pennsylvania in 1793?
(a) McKean.
(b) Findlay.
(c) Mifflin.
(d) Snyder.

4. How long had medical professionals believed that disease was caused by body humors being out of balance?
(a) 3,000 years.
(b) 500 years.
(c) 2,500 years.
(d) 700 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many people who contracted yellow fever usually died from it?

3. When was the Free African Society founded?

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

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

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