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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 physicians from the College of Physicians showed up when Matthew Clarkson called a meeting?
(a) 16.
(b) 25.
(c) 48.
(d) 34.

2. What state refused to allow a ship from Philadelphia to land and take on water?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Delaware.
(d) New York.

3. How many rooms were there in Bush Hill?
(a) 10.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

4. When did Dr. Rush hire a horse-drawn carriage and begin visiting patients after his bout with yellow fever?
(a) September 19.
(b) September 25.
(c) September 21.
(d) September 23.

5. What did A.B., a contributor to "Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser," find in rainwater barrels?
(a) Dead dogs.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Dead cats.
(d) Garbage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the city almshouse located?

2. When was a portrait of Absalom Jones painted by Raphaelle?

3. When did France sell its North American territory to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase.

4. Where did Dr. Rush apply to become a member of the medical faculty?

5. What was the name of Dr. Rush's sister who died during the plague?

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