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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did physicians call the tiny reddish sores that erupted on individuals who had the plague?

2. Who lent his house to George and Martha Washington?

3. About how many free blacks lived in Philadelphia?

4. What type of church did Rev. J. Henry C. Helmuth pastor?

5. How often would Catherine LeMaigre vomit?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were the main reasons why people stayed in the city during the plague?

3. Why was there a stench originating from Ball's Wharf?

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

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

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

7. Why did Rev. J. Henry C. Helmuth believe that Philadelphia would feel God's displeasure?

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

9. Why did the members of the Pennsylvania legislature become fearful two days after they began meeting at the statehouse?

10. Why was the Free African Society founded?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Medical practices were in flux at the end of the eighteenth century. Discuss medical practices at the time of the plague and how these practices were changing.

Essay Topic 2

As more and more people died from the fever, Philadelphia was a completely changed place from before the plague struck. Compare and contrast Philadelphia before and after the plague.

Essay Topic 3

Members of the College of Physicians had different recommendations for dealing with the fever. Compare and contrast how different members of the College of Physicians recommended dealing with the fever.

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