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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine: A Delicate Situation.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was the mansion located that was commandeered for a place to care for seriously ill patients?
(a) 2 ½ miles northwest of the city.
(b) 3 miles south of the city.
(c) At the western edge of the city.
(d) At eastern edge of the city.

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

4. What type of church did Rev. J. Henry C. Helmuth pastor?
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Congregational.
(d) Episcopal.

5. How many bundles of shirts and dresses for orphans were sent by the Widow Grubb?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote that Death was riding triumphant on a pale horse at the beginning of Chapter 8?

2. What type of church did Reverend Mr. Helmuth pastor?

3. How much did some nurses begin receiving for tending the sick?

4. By September 17, how many burials were taking place daily?

5. What illness was seen in January of 1793?

(see the answer key)

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