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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. How much did Thomas Jefferson estimate that it cost him to get to Germantown?

2. When Rush contracted yellow fever again, how many days did he spend confined to bed unable to lift his head?

3. How long was Dr. Currie's book about Philadelphia's plague?

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

5. When was someone hired to design and construct Philadelphia's first waterworks?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did landlords respond during the plague?

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

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

5. What was bloodletting?

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

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

8. Where did water come from in 1793?

9. Why were conditions so desperate at Bush Hill?

10. What was vis medicatrix naturae?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In 1793, President Washington was concerned about the French Revolution. Discuss the French Revolution and why it troubled Washington.

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

Philadelphia had many problems during the plague. Discuss the problems that affected the city.

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