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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a sailor died in a boarding house, who was the next person to die?
(a) Mr. Moore.
(b) Mr. Peter Aston.
(c) Mr. Denny.
(d) Mrs. Richard Parkinson.

2. Who was the speaker of the Senate in 1793?
(a) Mason Brighting.
(b) Samuel Powel.
(c) Jason Manning.
(d) John Whitcomb.

3. In which direction were the swamps near Philadelphia that had lost water due to the intense heat?
(a) South.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) West.

4. What type of church did Rev. J. Henry C. Helmuth pastor?
(a) Congregational.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Episcopal.
(d) Lutheran.

5. Where did John Bill Ricketts take his circus for the summer?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Salem.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Clarkson's son who died during the plague?

2. Where did Jones and Allen discover a house where the mother was dead, the father was dying, and the children were huddled together, frightened and hungry?

3. Who wrote a letter asking the Free African Society to nurse the sick and attend to the dead?

4. How many physicians were in Philadelphia in 1793?

5. In 1793, what percent of Philadelphia's black worked as live-in domestic workers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Benjamin Rush ask the Free African society to help nurse the sick and attend to the dead?

2. Describe Catherine LeMaigre's symptoms.

3. Describe Dr. Rush.

4. What did Dr. Benjamin Duffield recommend be done to deal with the fever?

5. Why were the black nurses criticized?

6. What business was conducted by the members of the Pennsylvania legislature before they adjourned?

7. Why did blacks stop worshiping at St. George Methodist Church?

8. What did the governor do about the plague?

9. Why was the Free African Society founded?

10. What types of services did the Free African Society perform for the sick?

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