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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. When did President Washington leave Mount Vernon and head north?
(a) October 28.
(b) October 17.
(c) November 4.
(d) November 12.

2. When did George Washington make a personal inspection of Philadelphia?
(a) November 15.
(b) November 20.
(c) November 1.
(d) November 10.

3. How many weeks did Henry Knox spend in quarantine?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 3 weeks.

4. What day of the week were the recommendations published from the College of Physicians?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Thursday.

5. 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) Charles Neece.
(b) Davis Miller.
(c) John Mitchell.
(d) Byant Whitcomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the occupation of a man named Mr. Brooks who reopened his shop on October 31 and died of yellow fever on November 3?

2. When did Dr. Rush realize that he had yellow fever?

3. How many times a day would Dr. Rush administer the Ten-and-Ten or Ten-and-Fifteen Treatment?

4. After Dr. Rush's assistants bled him and administered the purge, how many days did it take for him to get back on his feet?

5. How many watchmen were supposed to watch the streets of Philadelphia at night?

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