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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 cargo did the sloop Amelia bring to Philadelphia?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Beef.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Bananas.

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

3. 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?
(a) Beckett's Allley.
(b) Emsley's Alley.
(c) Water St.
(d) Main St.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of his children did Charles Willson Peale shut inside his museum-residence along with himself and his wife?

2. According to Dr. Hodge, where did the first deaths from the fever happen?

3. What day of the week were the recommendations published from the College of Physicians?

4. When did Clarkson ask the physicians from the College of Physicians to come to a meeting about the plague?

5. What was the name of the second-year medical student who volunteered to help at Bush Hill?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why were there an amazing number of flies and other insects in August 1793?

3. What did A.B. recommend be done to curb the fever in Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser?

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

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

6. Describe Matthew Clarkson's upbringing and career.

7. Why was Mayor Clarkson concerned about the rising number of penniless people in Philadelphia?

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

9. Why were the black nurses criticized?

10. Describe the sewer system in Philadelphia.

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