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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten: Improvements and the Public Gratitude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Revolutionary War hero wrote begging Dr. Rush for his help during the 1797 yellow fever epidemic?
(a) Haym Solomon.
(b) Thaddeus Kosciusko.
(c) Crispus Attucks.
(d) Adam Monroe.

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

3. What was the name of a man who lost his entire family, including his wife, to the plague; and then married again?
(a) Roberts.
(b) Collins.
(c) Williams.
(d) Matthews.

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

5. For how many years had doctors been using bloodletting or phlebotomy?
(a) More than 2,500.
(b) Nearly 3,500.
(c) Over 3,000.
(d) About 1,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cords of wood did a subcommittee obtain before winter set in?

2. When did Clarkson ask the physicians from the College of Physicians to come to a meeting about the plague?

3. When did George and Martha Washington leave Philadelphia?

4. What doctor wrote about the disgusting aspects of the vomit that spewed from fever victims?

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

(see the answer key)

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