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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. What day of the week did Catherine LeMaigre die?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Thursday.

2. How long had medical professionals believed that disease was caused by body humors being out of balance?
(a) 700 years.
(b) 3,000 years.
(c) 500 years.
(d) 2,500 years.

3. What was the name of one of the rivers that was drying up near Philadelphia?
(a) Lehigh.
(b) Allegheny.
(c) Susquehanna.
(d) Delaware.

4. How many French refugees fled a fierce slave rebellion?
(a) 2,100.
(b) 712.
(c) 579.
(d) 1,200.

5. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) August 31.
(b) September 12.
(c) August 18.
(d) September 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Matthew Clarkson when the plague struck Philadelphia?

2. How many people lived in Philadelphia in 1793?

3. How many died on September 8?

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

5. When did Matthew Clarkson become mayor of Philadelphia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of medical training did Dr. Benjamin Rush have?

2. Who were the first two doctors called to see Catherine LeMaigre?

3. What did the governor do about the plague?

4. What did the volunteers from the Free African Society often find when they entered the homes of fever victims?

5. What did doctors base their medical thinking upon in the 1700s?

6. Describe Matthew Clarkson's upbringing and career.

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

8. What type of power did the mayor of Philadelphia have?

9. Why was a constitutional crisis set in motion when Washington left Philadelphia?

10. Describe the sewer system in Philadelphia.

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