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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. Besides the mayor, how many members were on the illegal special committee formed to run Philadelphia?
(a) 34.
(b) 15.
(c) 26.
(d) 12.

2. In what part of the state house building were the rooms of Joseph Fry, the doorkeeper who died from the fever?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) North.

3. What did physicians call the tiny reddish sores that erupted on individuals who had the plague?
(a) Stigma.
(b) Purpura.
(c) Petechiae.
(d) Odium.

4. From Rev.Helmuth's congregation, how many died at the beginning of October?
(a) 102.
(b) 78.
(c) 27.
(d) 130.

5. By September 17, how many burials were taking place daily?
(a) 85.
(b) 75.
(c) 70.
(d) 80.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of a memorable poem written by Philip Freneau?

2. How many patients did Dr. Rush's five assistants each see in one day after Dr. Rush's recovery?

3. After a sailor died in a boarding house, who was the next person to die?

4. After Dr. Rush seemed to be cured of yellow fever, how many patients sought him in a day?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 6, about how many persons were ill with the fever?

(see the answer key)

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