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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did President Washington leave Mount Vernon and head north?
(a) November 12.
(b) November 4.
(c) October 28.
(d) October 17.

3. For how many days did Peter Helm and Stephen Girard attend to Bush HIll?
(a) 50 days.
(b) 60 days.
(c) 70 days.
(d) 40 days.

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

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

6. What paper did Andrew Brown publish?
(a) National Gazette.
(b) Chronicle.
(c) Federal Gazette.
(d) Daily News.

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

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

9. How many cords of wood did a subcommittee obtain before winter set in?
(a) 600.
(b) 400.
(c) 300.
(d) 500.

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

12. What was the name of a man who lost his entire family, including his wife, to the plague; and then married again?
(a) Roberts.
(b) Matthews.
(c) Collins.
(d) Williams.

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

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

15. By September 17, how many burials were taking place daily?
(a) 80.
(b) 70.
(c) 75.
(d) 85.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did some whites charge to put a corpse in a coffin and haul it to a waiting wagon?

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

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

4. Which member of the special committee was in charge of providing food for the city?

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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