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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven: A Modern-Day Time Bomb.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did John Bill Ricketts take his circus for the summer?
(a) Salem.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Rhode Island.

2. How often would Catherine LeMaigre vomit?
(a) Every 10 minutes or so.
(b) Every 15 minutes.
(c) Every couple hours.
(d) About every 30 minutes.

3. What was the average yearly income in Philadelphia in 1793?
(a) $300.
(b) $400.
(c) $100.
(d) $200.

4. What was the nationality of the sailor who had a fever and seizures before he died on August 3?
(a) British.
(b) African.
(c) American.
(d) French.

5. About how many blacks in Philadelphia were slaves?
(a) 148.
(b) 200.
(c) 79.
(d) 500.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Clarkson have?

2. When was the Free African Society founded?

3. What did physicians call the tiny reddish sores that erupted on individuals who had the plague?

4. What ship was seized by one of Genet's hired privateers?

5. How much money did the black leaders attempt to raise in order to build a new church?

(see the answer key)

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