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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. Who lent his house to George and Martha Washington?
(a) Benjamin Rush.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Matthew Clarkson
(d) Robert Morris.

2. How many bleedings did the Free African Society perform?
(a) 600.
(b) Over 800.
(c) 750.
(d) About 500.

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

4. What day of the week did Catherine LeMaigre die?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Monday.

5. On October 17, which committee member wrote in the official minutes that the fever was winning?
(a) John Bordley.
(b) Matthew Carey.
(c) Caleb Lownes.
(d) David Bryan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which direction were the swamps near Philadelphia that had lost water due to the intense heat?

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

3. In 1793, what percent of Philadelphia's black worked as live-in domestic workers?

4. According to Dr. Hodge, where did the first deaths from the fever happen?

5. How old was Israel Israel at the time of the plague?

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