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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three: Church Bells Tolling.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the doctor who had studied yellow fever, but never seen it?
(a) Dr. William Currie.
(b) Dr. Benjamin Duffield.
(c) Dr. Benjamin Rush.
(d) Dr. Samuel Griffitts.

2. How many people who contracted yellow fever usually died from it?
(a) 25 percent.
(b) 10 percent.
(c) 50 percent.
(d) 75 percent.

3. How many watchmen were supposed to watch the streets of Philadelphia at night?
(a) 16.
(b) 23.
(c) 41.
(d) 37.

4. In what boarding house did a sailor die of a fever?
(a) William Wright's.
(b) Sarah Smythe's.
(c) Maggie MacPherson's.
(d) Richard Denny's.

5. What illness was seen in January of 1793?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Measles.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Mumps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Charles Willson Peale's wife's name?

2. How often would Catherine LeMaigre vomit?

3. Where did the sloop Amelia come from?

4. How many times a day did Charles Willson Peale fire a musket inside his house?

5. What was the name of one of the rivers that was drying up near Philadelphia?

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