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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. Who was the speaker of the Senate in 1793?

2. What doctor wrote about the disgusting aspects of the vomit that spewed from fever victims?

3. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. What eye condition did Matthew Clarkson have?

5. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't anyone notice when eight people died in two houses during one week at the beginning of August?

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

3. Describe Catherine LeMaigre's symptoms.

4. Describe Matthew Clarkson's upbringing and career.

5. What was the problem with the French that troubled President Washington?

6. What did the volunteers from the Free African Society often find when they entered the homes of fever victims?

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

8. What type of power did the mayor of Philadelphia have?

9. Describe the sewer system in Philadelphia.

10. What did most doctors in Philadelphia believe caused the sickness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the treatments that various doctors used during the plague.

Essay Topic 2

The black nurses who cared for the sick were accused of price gouging. Discuss price gouging and how Mayor Clarkson dealt with the matter.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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