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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 was the name of Dr. Rush's sister who died during the plague?
(a) Anna.
(b) Martha.
(c) Julia.
(d) Rebecca.

2. How many times did it rain in September, 1793?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

3. In Chapter 6 in a letter to his wife, how many patients did Dr. Rush say that he was learning had died every morning?
(a) 2-3.
(b) 3-4.
(c) 6-7.
(d) 4-5.

4. When Rush contracted yellow fever again, how many days did he spend confined to bed unable to lift his head?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

5. How old was Dr. Deveze in 1793?
(a) 34.
(b) 48.
(c) 39.
(d) 41.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the governor of Maryland in 1793?

2. Of what type of church was Reverend John Schmidt a pastor?

3. How much did the citizens of Manhattan send to aid Philadelphians?

4. When did George Washington make a personal inspection of Philadelphia?

5. At whose farm was Major Christian Piercy put out of a stagecoach?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Dr. Jean Deveze treat fever patients?

2. What was the Ten-and-Ten treatment?

3. What type of news did Philip Freneau print during the plague?

4. Why were conditions so desperate at Bush Hill?

5. What did Secretary of War Henry Knox do when President Washington left him in charge of the government in Philadelphia?

6. Who was Peter Helm?

7. How did landlords respond during the plague?

8. What was vis medicatrix naturae?

9. Why did Dr. Rush continue seeing patients when he had yellow fever himself?

10. Why did it seem that the entire city had collapsed at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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