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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What paper did Andrew Brown publish?
(a) Daily News.
(b) Federal Gazette.
(c) Chronicle.
(d) National Gazette.

2. For how many years had doctors been using bloodletting or phlebotomy?
(a) More than 2,500.
(b) Nearly 3,500.
(c) About 1,000.
(d) Over 3,000.

3. How many times a day would Dr. Rush administer the Ten-and-Ten or Ten-and-Fifteen Treatment?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. How many patients did Dr. Rush's five assistants each see in one day after Dr. Rush's recovery?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 35.
(d) 40.

5. What was the occupation of a man named Mr. Brooks who reopened his shop on October 31 and died of yellow fever on November 3?
(a) Silversmith.
(b) Cabinetmaker.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Apothecary.

6. Who was the governor of Maryland in 1793?
(a) Matthew Vining.
(b) Thomas Sim Lee.
(c) Bryan Andrews.
(d) John David Smythe.

7. Besides the mayor, how many members were on the illegal special committee formed to run Philadelphia?
(a) 12.
(b) 26.
(c) 34.
(d) 15.

8. How many whale oil streetlamps were in Philadelphia in 1793?
(a) 434.
(b) 370.
(c) 514.
(d) 662.

9. What state refused to allow a ship from Philadelphia to land and take on water?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Delaware.
(d) New York.

10. At whose farm was Major Christian Piercy put out of a stagecoach?
(a) Drangers.
(b) Caulkins.
(c) Eldridge.
(d) Frederick.

11. For how many days did Peter Helm and Stephen Girard attend to Bush HIll?
(a) 70 days.
(b) 50 days.
(c) 60 days.
(d) 40 days.

12. What newspaper was printed occasionally by September?
(a) Federal Gazette.
(b) Philadelphia Chronicle.
(c) Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
(d) National Gazette.

13. How old was Stephen Girard in 1793?
(a) 56.
(b) 36.
(c) 64.
(d) 43.

14. What type of church did Reverend Mr. Helmuth pastor?
(a) Episcopal.
(b) Quaker.
(c) Lutheran.
(d) Methodist.

15. After Dr. Rush seemed to be cured of yellow fever, how many patients sought him in a day?
(a) 150.
(b) 100.
(c) 75.
(d) 200.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many times did it rain in September, 1793?

3. When was someone hired to design and construct Philadelphia's first waterworks?

4. What was the name of a man who lost his entire family, including his wife, to the plague; and then married again?

5. What ship was seized by one of Genet's hired privateers?

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