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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Dr. Rush's wife that summer of 1793?
(a) Trenton.
(b) Amherst.
(c) Hartford.
(d) Princeton.

2. To Catherine LeMaigre, what part of her body did she feel as though it was burning up?
(a) Face.
(b) Head.
(c) Stomach.
(d) Back.

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

4. According to Dr. Hodge, where did the first deaths from the fever happen?
(a) 13th St.
(b) 4th St.
(c) On or near Main St.
(d) On or near Water St.

5. How old was Benjamin Rush in 1793?
(a) 39.
(b) 47.
(c) 54.
(d) 61.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the speaker of the Senate in 1793?

2. How much money did the black leaders attempt to raise in order to build a new church?

3. What did doctors give Catherine LeMaigre to cool her fever?

4. Who was the governor of Pennsylvania in 1793?

5. After a sailor died in a boarding house, who was the next person to die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was there a stench originating from Ball's Wharf?

2. Who decided that a cannon should be fired in the streets of Philadelphia at the end of August?

3. Why was the Free African Society founded?

4. Describe Catherine LeMaigre's symptoms.

5. What business was conducted by the members of the Pennsylvania legislature before they adjourned?

6. Why were the black nurses criticized?

7. What did Dr. Benjamin Duffield recommend be done to deal with the fever?

8. What did the governor do about the plague?

9. Why was Mayor Clarkson concerned about the rising number of penniless people in Philadelphia?

10. What did A.B. recommend be done to curb the fever in Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser?

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