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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. How much more did the committee spend than it had received in donations?
(a) $12,194.05.
(b) $1,439.17.
(c) $5,312.11.
(d) $3,245.12.

2. At whose farm was Major Christian Piercy put out of a stagecoach?
(a) Frederick.
(b) Caulkins.
(c) Eldridge.
(d) Drangers.

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

4. How old was Stephen Girard in 1793?
(a) 36.
(b) 43.
(c) 64.
(d) 56.

5. In what alley did Helmuth find 40 dead?
(a) Water.
(b) Appletree.
(c) Brush.
(d) Maple.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often had the College of Physicians promised to meet during the plague?

2. How much did a jury award Dr. Rush including court costs when he sued Cobbett for libel?

3. Where did Dr. Rush apply to become a member of the medical faculty?

4. For how many days did Peter Helm and Stephen Girard attend to Bush HIll?

5. How many bleedings did the Free African Society perform?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Dr. Rush do when the College of Physicians declared that the plague had not been caused by yellow fever?

2. What other problems did Philadelphia have other than the plague?

3. What type of treatment did Dr. Rush prescribe at the beginning of the epidemic?

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

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

6. What did George Washington do on November 10?

7. Who was Peter Helm?

8. What problem did Thomas Sim Lee, governor of Maryland, ask Washington to help him solve?

9. What was vis medicatrix naturae?

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

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