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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. After a sailor died in a boarding house, who was the next person to die?
(a) Mr. Moore.
(b) Mr. Denny.
(c) Mr. Peter Aston.
(d) Mrs. Richard Parkinson.
2. After Dr. Rush's assistants bled him and administered the purge, how many days did it take for him to get back on his feet?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.
3. How many died from yellow fever on Saturday, October 12?
(a) 62.
(b) 89.
(c) 111.
(d) 124.
4. Who wrote that Death was riding triumphant on a pale horse at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Martin Whitcomb.
(b) Evan Manning.
(c) Anderson Ryan.
(d) Elhanan Winchester.
5. When did the Black Plague strike in England?
(a) 1664.
(b) 1438.
(c) 1721.
(d) 1549.
Short Answer Questions
1. On August 27, how many senators from the Pennsylvania legislature met at the state house?
2. Who wrote a letter asking the Free African Society to nurse the sick and attend to the dead?
3. How old was Israel Israel at the time of the plague?
4. When was the last time that there was a yellow fever epidemic?
5. What was the name of a man who lost his entire family, including his wife, to the plague; and then married again?
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