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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what university is the Henry Phipps Institute associated?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) New York University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) The University of Pennsylvania.

2. When did John Adams and his party pass the Sedition Act?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1785.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1805.

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

4. When Johns Hopkins died, how much was the trust he left to found a univerisity and hospital?
(a) $3.5 million.
(b) $1.3 million.
(c) $4.2 million.
(d) $2.1 million.

5. Who was the U.S. Attorney General when the U.S. entered WWI?
(a) Peyton Rous.
(b) William Jennings Bryan.
(c) Albert Sidney Burleson.
(d) Thomas Gregory.

6. Roughly how many nurses were serving in the U.S. military by May of 1918?
(a) 23,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 16,000.

7. In what branch of the military was Paul Lewis a lieutenant commander in 1918?
(a) Marines.
(b) Army.
(c) Air Force.
(d) Navy.

8. The author states in Chapter 1 that there are two most important questions in science. What is the second?
(a) How does this work?
(b) What is its purpose?
(c) What his happening?
(d) How can I know it?

9. Where was anesthesia first demonstrated at a general hospital in 1846?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Maine.
(c) New York.
(d) Maryland.

10. When Woodrow Wilson took the presidency in 1912, he had won what percentage of the vote?
(a) 23%.
(b) 34%.
(c) 41%.
(d) 49%.

11. Where was William Henry Welch born?
(a) Norfolk, Connecticut.
(b) Lubbock, Texas.
(c) Madison, Wisconsin.
(d) New York, New York.

12. According to the author in Chapter 3, three theories stood as rivals to the germ theory. What did the first theory involve?
(a) Amitosis.
(b) Miasma.
(c) Migration.
(d) Carcinogens.

13. How old was William Henry Welch when his mother died?
(a) 6 months old.
(b) 2 years old.
(c) 5 years old.
(d) 8 years old.

14. Who was the civilian surgeon general and head of the U.S. Public Health Service when the U.S. entered WWI?
(a) Rupert Blue.
(b) Peyton Rous.
(c) Albert Sidney Burleson.
(d) William Jennings Bryan.

15. Who was the first scientist to formulate the modern germ theory?
(a) Elias Canetti.
(b) Jacob Henle.
(c) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(d) Samuel Tilden.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the American Red Cross founded?

2. On what date was the launching of the John Hopkins University?

3. What were the names of the Mayo brothers who were giants in the field of surgery?

4. According to the author in Chapter 12, pneumonia maintained its position as the leading cause of death in the United States until what year?

5. How many local chapters were there in the American Red Cross when World War I ended?

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