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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) Martha.
(b) Julia.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Anna.

2. How many patients did Dr. Rush's five assistants each see in one day after Dr. Rush's recovery?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 40.

3. How many whale oil streetlamps were in Philadelphia in 1793?
(a) 662.
(b) 434.
(c) 370.
(d) 514.

4. From Rev.Helmuth's congregation, how many died at the beginning of October?
(a) 130.
(b) 27.
(c) 78.
(d) 102.

5. For how many years had doctors been using bloodletting or phlebotomy?
(a) Nearly 3,500.
(b) Over 3,000.
(c) More than 2,500.
(d) About 1,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did some whites charge to put a corpse in a coffin and haul it to a waiting wagon?

2. Who had President Washington put in charge when he left Philadelphia?

3. How many cords of wood did a subcommittee obtain before winter set in?

4. Besides the mayor, how many members were on the illegal special committee formed to run Philadelphia?

5. What Revolutionary War hero wrote begging Dr. Rush for his help during the 1797 yellow fever epidemic?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What signs were there that the fever seemed to be gaining in strength and deadliness in Chapter 8?

6. Who was Peter Helm?

7. What type of treatment did Dr. William Currie recommend?

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

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

10. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what were conditions like at Bush Hill?

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