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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. How many died on September 8?
(a) 38.
(b) 64.
(c) 51.
(d) 42.

2. Whose letter did Dr. Rush find in his old medical books about the yellow plagues that had occurred in Virginia about fifty years earlier?
(a) John Mitchell.
(b) Byant Whitcomb.
(c) Charles Neece.
(d) Davis Miller.

3. How often had the College of Physicians promised to meet during the plague?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Every Tuesday.
(c) Every Monday.
(d) Every other week.

4. How many patients did Dr. Rush's five assistants each see in one day after Dr. Rush's recovery?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 40.
(d) 35.

5. How many children did Clarkson have?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. Where was Dr. Rush's wife that summer of 1793?

3. Where did Thomas Jefferson and George Washington meet as they traveled toward Philadelphia?

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

5. What was the average yearly income in Philadelphia in 1793?

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