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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five: It Was Our Duty.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many Guardians were in charge of caring for the poor who did not live in the city almshouse?
(a) 14.
(b) 21.
(c) 17.
(d) 34.

3. How many people died in two houses on the same street during one week?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 15.

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

5. What cargo did the sloop Amelia bring to Philadelphia?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Beef.
(d) Lamb.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did many people sprinkle around their rooms after whitewashing them?

3. How many French refugees fled a fierce slave rebellion?

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

5. How old was Benjamin Rush in 1793?

(see the answer key)

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