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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Black Plague strike in England?
(a) 1549.
(b) 1664.
(c) 1438.
(d) 1721.

2. By the time Dr. Rush contracted yellow fever, how many doctors had died?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

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

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

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

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

7. In the 1700s, what was often prescribed to break a slight fever?
(a) Herb tea.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Milk.
(d) Lemonade.

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

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

10. Whose letter did Dr. Rush find in his old medical books about the yellow plagues that had occurred in Virginia about fifty years earlier?
(a) Byant Whitcomb.
(b) John Mitchell.
(c) Charles Neece.
(d) Davis Miller.

11. How much did some whites charge to put a corpse in a coffin and haul it to a waiting wagon?
(a) $12.
(b) $6.
(c) $51.
(d) $43.

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

13. From Rev.Helmuth's congregation, how many died at the beginning of October?
(a) 27.
(b) 102.
(c) 78.
(d) 130.

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

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

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. What was Dolley Payne Todd's husband's name?

3. What was the name of William Cobbett's paper?

4. How often had the College of Physicians promised to meet during the plague?

5. When did President Washington leave Mount Vernon and head north?

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