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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was Catherine LeMaigre's husband's name?
(a) Peter.
(b) Andrew.
(c) William.
(d) Thomas.

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

5. What was the name of Clarkson's son who died during the plague?
(a) James.
(b) Peter.
(c) William.
(d) Gerard.

6. How much money was donated to refugees from Santo Domingo?
(a) $15,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $20,000.

7. How many Overseers were in charge of managing the city almshouse?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

8. What was the name of one of the rivers that was drying up near Philadelphia?
(a) Allegheny.
(b) Lehigh.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Susquehanna.

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

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

11. How many died on September 8?
(a) 51.
(b) 38.
(c) 64.
(d) 42.

12. How many shops were in Philadelphia in 1793?
(a) 312.
(b) 415.
(c) 184.
(d) 229.

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

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

15. When was the Free African Society founded?
(a) 1787.
(b) 1772.
(c) 1764.
(d) 1759.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did A.B., a contributor to "Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser," find in rainwater barrels?

2. What eye condition did Matthew Clarkson have?

3. What did physicians call the tiny reddish sores that erupted on individuals who had the plague?

4. A few days before being called to care for Catherine LeMaigre, which doctor had lost his daughter to the same fever?

5. How many physicians were in Philadelphia in 1793?

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