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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven: A Modern-Day Time Bomb.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6 in a letter to his wife, how many patients did Dr. Rush say that he was learning had died every morning?
(a) 2-3.
(b) 6-7.
(c) 3-4.
(d) 4-5.

2. Who wrote a letter asking the Free African Society to nurse the sick and attend to the dead?
(a) Benjamin Rush.
(b) Absalom Jones.
(c) Matthew Clarkson.
(d) Richard Allen.

3. How many times a day would Dr. Rush administer the Ten-and-Ten or Ten-and-Fifteen Treatment?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. By September 5, how many of Dr. Rush's patients did he claim improved with the Ten-and-Ten treatment?
(a) 15 out of 20.
(b) 8 out of 10.
(c) 29 out of 30.
(d) 3 out of 5.

5. How often would Catherine LeMaigre vomit?
(a) Every 10 minutes or so.
(b) About every 30 minutes.
(c) Every 15 minutes.
(d) Every couple hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Dr. Rush realize that he had yellow fever?

2. In 1793, what percent of Philadelphia's black worked as live-in domestic workers?

3. What was Dolley Payne Todd's husband's name?

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

5. How many weeks did Henry Knox spend in quarantine?

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