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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two: All Was Not Right.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people lived in Philadelphia in 1793?
(a) 51,000.
(b) 72,000.
(c) 33,000.
(d) 48,000.

2. How long had medical professionals believed that disease was caused by body humors being out of balance?
(a) 3,000 years.
(b) 2,500 years.
(c) 700 years.
(d) 500 years.

3. How old was Catherine LeMaigre when she became ill?
(a) 33
(b) 22.
(c) 41.
(d) 27.

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

5. A few days before being called to care for Catherine LeMaigre, which doctor had lost his daughter to the same fever?
(a) Dr. Foulke.
(b) Dr. Rush.
(c) Dr. Wyatt.
(d) Dr. Hodge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did physicians call the tiny reddish sores that erupted on individuals who had the plague?

2. How old was Benjamin Rush in 1793?

3. What were the sewers called in Philadelphia?

4. Where did the sloop Amelia come from?

5. Where was Dr. Rush's wife that summer of 1793?

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