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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 9 - Part 4: Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When WWI bega, there were 140,000 physicians in the United States. How many of them were serving in the army or navy?
(a) 423.
(b) 165.
(c) 776.
(d) 934.

2. Counting both sides, how many troops died in the U.S. Civil War in combat or from their wounds?
(a) 23,000.
(b) 634,000.
(c) 185,000.
(d) 254,000.

3. When did Rudolf Virchow receive his medical degree?
(a) 1866.
(b) 1843.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1872.

4. Who won the popular vote against Rutherford B. Hayes, but never took office?
(a) Elias Canetti.
(b) William Budd.
(c) Samuel Tilden.
(d) Daniel Coit Gilman.

5. How many local chapters were there in the American Red Cross when the U.S. entered the Great War?
(a) 107.
(b) 119.
(c) 205.
(d) 59.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did William Henry Welch enter Yale's Sheffield Scientific School to study chemistry?

2. In the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 what percentage of those who fell ill with measles during the seige of Paris died?

3. When was the American Red Cross founded?

4. Who was the mayor of New Orleans when the U.S. entered WWI?

5. Who was the Surgeon General of the Army when the U.S. entered WWI?

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