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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By September 5, how many of Dr. Rush's patients did he claim improved with the Ten-and-Ten treatment?
(a) 29 out of 30.
(b) 15 out of 20.
(c) 8 out of 10.
(d) 3 out of 5.

2. Where did Major Christian Piercy become ill as he fled Philadelphia?
(a) Concord.
(b) Near Manhatton.
(c) Outside Camden.
(d) Baltimore.

3. What ship was seized by one of Genet's hired privateers?
(a) Alpha.
(b) Adventure.
(c) Boyne.
(d) Roehampton.

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

5. Where did Dr. Rush apply to become a member of the medical faculty?
(a) John Hopkins.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) University of Pennsylvania.

6. On October 17, which committee member wrote in the official minutes that the fever was winning?
(a) David Bryan.
(b) John Bordley.
(c) Matthew Carey.
(d) Caleb Lownes.

7. How old was Israel Israel at the time of the plague?
(a) 29.
(b) 51.
(c) 34.
(d) 47.

8. 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.

9. How many bleedings did the Free African Society perform?
(a) About 500.
(b) 600.
(c) Over 800.
(d) 750.

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

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

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

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

14. How many bundles of shirts and dresses for orphans were sent by the Widow Grubb?
(a) 18.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

15. Who wrote that Death was riding triumphant on a pale horse at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Anderson Ryan.
(b) Evan Manning.
(c) Martin Whitcomb.
(d) Elhanan Winchester.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of a memorable poem written by Philip Freneau?

2. Where was Stephen Girard born?

3. Who was the governor of Maryland in 1793?

4. When did Stephen Girard contract a mild case of yellow fever?

5. Who had President Washington put in charge when he left Philadelphia?

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