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

2. From Rev.Helmuth's congregation, how many died at the beginning of October?
(a) 102.
(b) 78.
(c) 130.
(d) 27.

3. During the plague, how many days might it take for a letter to be sent to or from Philadelphia?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 17 days.
(c) 10-14 days.
(d) 3-6 days.

4. Of what type of church was Reverend John Schmidt a pastor?
(a) Episcopal.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Presbyterian.
(d) Lutheran.

5. When did George Washington make a personal inspection of Philadelphia?
(a) November 15.
(b) November 1.
(c) November 20.
(d) November 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years had doctors been using bloodletting or phlebotomy?

2. By September 17, how many burials were taking place daily?

3. How many died from the plague on October 7?

4. Where was a Philadelphia woman and her black servant tarred and feathered?

5. What Revolutionary War hero wrote begging Dr. Rush for his help during the 1797 yellow fever epidemic?

Short Essay Questions

1. What signs were there that the fever seemed to be gaining in strength and deadliness in Chapter 8?

2. What were sleeping accommodations like in Germantown?

3. Who was Stephen Girard?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what were conditions like at Bush Hill?

5. What did Rev. Helmuth write about visits he made at night to visit the sick?

6. What did Dr. Rush do when the College of Physicians declared that the plague had not been caused by yellow fever?

7. What type of news did Philip Freneau print during the plague?

8. Why did Dr. Rush continue seeing patients when he had yellow fever himself?

9. What was vis medicatrix naturae?

10. Why were the special committee members taking a risk when they borrowed money to run the city?

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