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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Charles Willson Peale's wife's name?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Patience.
(c) Martha.
(d) Elizabeth.

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

4. How long did George Washington plan to be gone from Philadelphia when he left the city?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 20 days.
(d) 15 days.

5. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) September 12.
(b) August 31.
(c) August 18.
(d) September 5.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. How many humors did physicians believe there were in the human body?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

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

15. How many people who contracted yellow fever usually died from it?
(a) 10 percent.
(b) 50 percent.
(c) 25 percent.
(d) 75 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the city almshouse located?

2. According to Dr. Hodge, where did the first deaths from the fever happen?

3. What was the name of Clarkson's son who died during the plague?

4. When was the Free African Society founded?

5. Where did the sloop Amelia come from?

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