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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did John Bill Ricketts take his circus for the summer?
(a) Salem.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Georgia.

2. How many families did Jones and Allen visit in one day?
(a) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

3. When did George and Martha Washington leave Philadelphia?
(a) August 23.
(b) September 30.
(c) September 10.
(d) September 21.

4. How many physicians were in Philadelphia in 1793?
(a) 57.
(b) 25.
(c) 68.
(d) 80.

5. How many people died in two houses on the same street during one week?
(a) 15.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

6. How did Louis XVI die?
(a) In a dungeon with no food or water.
(b) Shot by a firing squad.
(c) Hung.
(d) Beheaded.

7. What did physicians call the tiny reddish sores that erupted on individuals who had the plague?
(a) Petechiae.
(b) Purpura.
(c) Odium.
(d) Stigma.

8. Where was the mansion located that was commandeered for a place to care for seriously ill patients?
(a) 2 ½ miles northwest of the city.
(b) At eastern edge of the city.
(c) 3 miles south of the city.
(d) At the western edge of the city.

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

10. When did a savage storm hit the city bringing winds and torrents of rain?
(a) August 25.
(b) August 21.
(c) August 30.
(d) August 29.

11. When had Dr. Rush seen a similar sickness before?
(a) 1784.
(b) 1762.
(c) 1750.
(d) 1771.

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

13. In 1793, what percent of Philadelphia's black worked as live-in domestic workers?
(a) Over 50%.
(b) 80%.
(c) 69%.
(d) About 35%.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Guardians were in charge of caring for the poor who did not live in the city almshouse?

2. How many physicians from the College of Physicians showed up when Matthew Clarkson called a meeting?

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

4. Where did Jones and Allen discover a house where the mother was dead, the father was dying, and the children were huddled together, frightened and hungry?

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

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