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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often had the College of Physicians promised to meet during the plague?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Every other week.
(c) Every Tuesday.
(d) Every Monday.

2. By the first of September, how many people were jammed into Bush Hill?
(a) About 75.
(b) Around 50.
(c) Nearly 150.
(d) Over 100.

3. When did Dr. Jean Deveze volunteer to work at Bush Hill?
(a) August 31.
(b) August 25.
(c) September 16.
(d) September 1.

4. Where was a Philadelphia woman and her black servant tarred and feathered?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Milford, Delaware.
(c) Manhattan, New York.
(d) Massachusetts.

5. When did Dr. Rush hire a horse-drawn carriage and begin visiting patients after his bout with yellow fever?
(a) September 25.
(b) September 21.
(c) September 23.
(d) September 19.

6. How much did Thomas Jefferson estimate that it cost him to get to Germantown?
(a) $15.
(b) $5.
(c) $45.
(d) $80.

7. What was the name of Dr. Rush's sister who died during the plague?
(a) Anna.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Julia.
(d) Martha.

8. Where did Dolley Payne Todd go during the fever outbreak?
(a) Providence.
(b) Germantown.
(c) Camden.
(d) Gray's Ferry.

9. When did George Washington make a personal inspection of Philadelphia?
(a) November 10.
(b) November 20.
(c) November 15.
(d) November 1.

10. Where did Thomas Jefferson and George Washington meet as they traveled toward Philadelphia?
(a) Concord.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Boston.
(d) Baltimore.

11. Of what type of church was Reverend John Schmidt a pastor?
(a) Episcopal.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Presbyterian.
(d) Lutheran.

12. When did Dr. Rush realize that he had yellow fever?
(a) September 21.
(b) September 18.
(c) September 12.
(d) September 14.

13. When Israel Israel finally won an election of Pennsylvania state legislature, by how many votes did he win?
(a) 59.
(b) 412.
(c) 38.
(d) 328.

14. What was Dolley Payne Todd's husband's name?
(a) Andrew.
(b) John.
(c) George.
(d) Matthew.

15. How many pounds of blood did Dr. Rush and other doctors at that time believe that the human body held?
(a) 25.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What newspaper was printed occasionally by September?

2. How many times a day would Dr. Rush administer the Ten-and-Ten or Ten-and-Fifteen Treatment?

3. By September 17, how many burials were taking place daily?

4. On what day did the death toll fall below thirty?

5. By September 5, how many of Dr. Rush's patients did he claim improved with the Ten-and-Ten treatment?

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