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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. How many physicians from the College of Physicians showed up when Matthew Clarkson called a meeting?
(a) 25.
(b) 34.
(c) 48.
(d) 16.

2. How many representatives met at the state house on August 27?
(a) 23.
(b) 36.
(c) 41.
(d) 18.

3. How many people died in two houses on the same street during one week?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 15.

4. Where was the city almshouse located?
(a) Ashton St.
(b) Spruce St.
(c) Water St.
(d) Main St.

5. How did Louis XVI die?
(a) Beheaded.
(b) Hung.
(c) Shot by a firing squad.
(d) In a dungeon with no food or water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the owner of Bush Hill?

2. What was the largest city in North America in 1793?

3. How old was Isaac Heston when the plague struck Philadelphia?

4. What were the sewers called in Philadelphia?

5. About how many blacks in Philadelphia were slaves?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What business was conducted by the members of the Pennsylvania legislature before they adjourned?

3. Why was the Free African Society founded?

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

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

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

7. Why was Mayor Clarkson concerned about the rising number of penniless people in Philadelphia?

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

9. Describe Matthew Clarkson's upbringing and career.

10. In her journal, what did Elizabeth Drinker say about the fever on August 28?

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