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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four: Confusion, Distress, and Utter Desolation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did doctors give Catherine LeMaigre to cool her fever?
(a) Ice chips.
(b) Mercury and the root of a poisonous plant.
(c) Barley water and apple water.
(d) Cold cloths.

2. How did Louis XVI die?
(a) Hung.
(b) Shot by a firing squad.
(c) In a dungeon with no food or water.
(d) Beheaded.

3. What year was a French watercolor done to show a yellow fever victim in the early stages of the illness?
(a) 1819.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1751.
(d) 1796.

4. Who lent his house to George and Martha Washington?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Benjamin Rush.
(c) Matthew Clarkson
(d) Robert Morris.

5. How many times a day did Charles Willson Peale fire a musket inside his house?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness was seen in January of 1793?

2. Where did the sloop Amelia come from?

3. What was the name of Clarkson's son who died during the plague?

4. What was the nationality of the sailor who had a fever and seizures before he died on August 3?

5. What cargo did the sloop Amelia bring to Philadelphia?

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