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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much more did the committee spend than it had received in donations?
(a) $12,194.05.
(b) $3,245.12.
(c) $1,439.17.
(d) $5,312.11.

2. How many times did it rain in September, 1793?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

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

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

5. How much did a jury award Dr. Rush including court costs when he sued Cobbett for libel?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $23,000.
(c) $12,000.
(d) $8,000.

6. How many high-ranking officials of the federal government were within a day's ride of Philadelphia?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

7. What was the name of William Cobbett's paper?
(a) The Daily Prophet.
(b) The Daily News.
(c) The Porcupine's Gazette.
(d) The Eagle's Courier.

8. How long was Dr. Currie's book about Philadelphia's plague?
(a) 112 pages.
(b) 64 pages.
(c) 89 pages.
(d) 25 pages.

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

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

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

12. How old was the servant boy that Dr. Rush trained to open a vein and see the sick?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

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

14. What Revolutionary War hero wrote begging Dr. Rush for his help during the 1797 yellow fever epidemic?
(a) Thaddeus Kosciusko.
(b) Crispus Attucks.
(c) Haym Solomon.
(d) Adam Monroe.

15. 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) Blacksmith.
(c) Apothecary.
(d) Cabinetmaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6 in a letter to his wife, how many patients did Dr. Rush say that he was learning had died every morning?

2. How many whale oil streetlamps were in Philadelphia in 1793?

3. What type of church did Reverend Mr. Helmuth pastor?

4. How many weeks did Henry Knox spend in quarantine?

5. In the 1700s, what was often prescribed to break a slight fever?

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