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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote that Death was riding triumphant on a pale horse at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Evan Manning.
(b) Elhanan Winchester.
(c) Martin Whitcomb.
(d) Anderson Ryan.

2. What was the occupation of a man named Mr. Brooks who reopened his shop on October 31 and died of yellow fever on November 3?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Cabinetmaker.
(c) Silversmith.
(d) Apothecary.

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

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

5. During the plague, how many days might it take for a letter to be sent to or from Philadelphia?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 3-6 days.
(c) 17 days.
(d) 10-14 days.

6. Which member of the special committee was in charge of providing food for the city?
(a) James Sharswood.
(b) Israel Israel.
(c) Henry Deforest.
(d) Samuel Benge.

7. How often had the College of Physicians promised to meet during the plague?
(a) Every Monday.
(b) Every Tuesday.
(c) Every other week.
(d) Once a month.

8. What was the name of William Cobbett's paper?
(a) The Daily Prophet.
(b) The Daily News.
(c) The Porcupine's Gazette.
(d) The Eagle's Courier.

9. How old was the servant boy that Dr. Rush trained to open a vein and see the sick?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

10. Who was hired to design and construct Philadelphia's first waterworks?
(a) Gray Peters.
(b) Benjamin Latrobe.
(c) Davis Nance.
(d) Franklin Rosling.

11. What was the name of a memorable poem written by Philip Freneau?
(a) Pestilence.
(b) Fever.
(c) Plague.
(d) Contagion.

12. How many times a day would Dr. Rush administer the Ten-and-Ten or Ten-and-Fifteen Treatment?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

13. How many pounds of blood did Dr. Rush and other doctors at that time believe that the human body held?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 25.

14. What state refused to allow a ship from Philadelphia to land and take on water?
(a) New York.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Delaware.

15. How much did Thomas Jefferson estimate that it cost him to get to Germantown?
(a) $5.
(b) $45.
(c) $15.
(d) $80.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day did the death toll fall below thirty?

2. After Dr. Rush seemed to be cured of yellow fever, how many patients sought him in a day?

3. What paper did Andrew Brown publish?

4. For how many years had doctors been using bloodletting or phlebotomy?

5. What was the name of a man who lost his entire family, including his wife, to the plague; and then married again?

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