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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When did Stephen Girard contract a mild case of yellow fever?
(a) August.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) October.

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

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

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

8. After Dr. Rush's assistants bled him and administered the purge, how many days did it take for him to get back on his feet?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

9. 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.

10. When did the fever reappear in Philadelphia?
(a) 1795, 1797, 1799, 1801.
(b) 1798 and 1804.
(c) 1796 and 1803.
(d) 1794, 1796, 1797, and 1798.

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

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

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

14. How many weeks did Henry Knox spend in quarantine?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 3 weeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Thomas Jefferson and George Washington meet as they traveled toward Philadelphia?

2. When did George Washington make a personal inspection of Philadelphia?

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

4. What Revolutionary War hero wrote begging Dr. Rush for his help during the 1797 yellow fever epidemic?

5. When did Dr. Rush hire a horse-drawn carriage and begin visiting patients after his bout with yellow fever?

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