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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. Who was the Philadelphia public health director when the outbreak of 1918 flu began in the city?
(a) Carl Ludwig.
(b) Wilmer Krusen.
(c) Rupert Blue.
(d) Jacob Henle.

2. Where was Robert Prager born?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

3. Who was the personal physician to Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft, and Teddy Roosevelt during their presidential terms?
(a) Dr. Cary Grayson.
(b) Dr. Elias Canetti.
(c) Dr. Louis Howe.
(d) Dr. Samuel Tilden.

4. According to the author in Chapter 20, investigators today believe that in the United States, the 1918-1919 flu epidemic caused an excess death toll of about how many people?
(a) 284,000.
(b) 723,000.
(c) 425,000.
(d) 675,000.

5. On the day that the first Camp Grant soldier died, how many troops boarded a train from Camp Grant for Camp Hancock?
(a) 3,108.
(b) 2,523.
(c) 1,234.
(d) 5,232.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Paul Lewis complete his medical training at Penn?

2. When did New York City's first influenza death occur in 1918?

3. With whom did Henry Phipps make millions at U.S. Steel, according to the author in Chapter 17?

4. How many people were reported to have died from influenza in Philadelphia on October 5, 1918?

5. Where was Camp Pike located at the time of the pandemic?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the results of Dr. W. R. Redden's serum trial?

2. What does the term "epidemiology" refer to?

3. Who was Wilmer Krusen and what decision did he make that was crucial to the spread of the virus?

4. Who was Colonel Charles Hagadorn and how did he die?

5. How did the Council of National Defense become involved in the Philadelphia outbreak?

6. What were the results of Paul Lewis's flu vaccine trial described in Chapter 24?

7. How did the 1918 flu affect the human lungs?

8. Why were the U.S. newspapers not reporting widely on the pandemic of 1918?

9. Who was Rupert Blue and why is he important in the narrative?

10. What does "the grippe" refer to?

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