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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did A.B., a contributor to "Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser," find in rainwater barrels?
(a) Dead cats.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Dead dogs.
(d) Garbage.

2. How many groups in Philadelphia stepped forward and offered to help with the sick and deceased?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

4. On August 27, how many senators from the Pennsylvania legislature met at the state house?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

5. How many rooms were there in Bush Hill?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

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

7. Where did the sloop Amelia come from?
(a) Bahamas.
(b) Borneo.
(c) Antigua.
(d) Santo Domingo.

8. How many physicians from the College of Physicians showed up when Matthew Clarkson called a meeting?
(a) 16.
(b) 25.
(c) 34.
(d) 48.

9. What doctor wrote about the disgusting aspects of the vomit that spewed from fever victims?
(a) Isaac Cathrall.
(b) Benjamin Rush.
(c) William Lewis.
(d) Walter Reed.

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

11. How much money did the black leaders attempt to raise in order to build a new church?
(a) $3,500.
(b) $4,500.
(c) $3,000.
(d) $4,000.

12. About how many blacks in Philadelphia were slaves?
(a) 79.
(b) 148.
(c) 200.
(d) 500.

13. In which direction were the swamps near Philadelphia that had lost water due to the intense heat?
(a) East.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) West.

14. What eye condition did Matthew Clarkson have?
(a) Amblyopia.
(b) Blepharitis.
(c) Strabismus.
(d) Cataracts.

15. When did Matthew Clarkson become mayor of Philadelphia?
(a) 1791.
(b) 1792.
(c) 1790.
(d) 1789.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Clarkson ask the physicians from the College of Physicians to come to a meeting about the plague?

2. How many Overseers were in charge of managing the city almshouse?

3. In what boarding house did a sailor die of a fever?

4. What day of the week were the recommendations published from the College of Physicians?

5. What year was a French watercolor done to show a yellow fever victim in the early stages of the illness?

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