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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 many patients did Dr. Rush's five assistants each see in one day after Dr. Rush's recovery?

2. How much more did the committee spend than it had received in donations?

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

4. What state refused to allow a ship from Philadelphia to land and take on water?

5. On October 17, which committee member wrote in the official minutes that the fever was winning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Stephen Girard?

2. How did landlords respond during the plague?

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

4. What was vis medicatrix naturae?

5. What type of treatment did Dr. Rush prescribe at the beginning of the epidemic?

6. What was the Ten-and-Ten treatment?

7. What did Secretary of War Henry Knox do when President Washington left him in charge of the government in Philadelphia?

8. What did George Washington do on November 10?

9. What type of news did Philip Freneau print during the plague?

10. Where did water come from in 1793?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 4, both the state and federal governments contributed to the continuing crisis caused by the plague. Discuss how the state and federal governments contributed to the crisis.

Essay Topic 2

The plague was referred to as an "Unmerciful Enemy." Why? Discuss why the plague was referred to as an "Unmerciful Enemy."

Essay Topic 3

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.

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