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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine: A Delicate Situation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the average yearly income in Philadelphia in 1793?
(a) $100.
(b) $300.
(c) $200.
(d) $400.

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

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

4. How many cords of wood did a subcommittee obtain before winter set in?
(a) 500.
(b) 300.
(c) 400.
(d) 600.

5. About how many free blacks lived in Philadelphia?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 2,300.
(d) 1,700.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of a man who lost his entire family, including his wife, to the plague; and then married again?

2. What type of church did Reverend Mr. Helmuth pastor?

3. What was the name of the newspaper that was printed at the beginning of Chapter 3?

4. According to Dr. Hodge, where did the first deaths from the fever happen?

5. Where did federal department heads move their offices?

(see the answer key)

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