The Great Influenza Test | Final Test - Hard

John M. Barry
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 105 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Great Influenza Test | Final Test - Hard

John M. Barry
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 105 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 did Colonel Charles Hagadorn die?

2. What did the death toll ultimately reach in New York City alone from the Spanish flu pandemic?

3. Where was Camp Dodge located?

4. Who was the personal physician to Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft, and Teddy Roosevelt during their presidential terms?

5. Outside of what city was Camp Grant located, according to the author in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were the informational aspects of the pandemic that that scientists sought to discover, according to the author in Chapter 22?

3. Who was Richard Pfeiffer and why is his work noted in the book?

4. Who was Joe Capps and what contribution did he have to the scientists fighting the virus?

5. What did the Providence Journal report on the pandemic, according to the author in Chapter 29?

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

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

8. What does the term "cyanotic" refer to and how does it relate to the 1918 flu?

9. What happened to the soldiers that Colonel Charles Hagadorn had transported from Camp Grant to Camp Hancock?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the life and career of Paul Lewis. Why does the author bookend the narrative with Lewis's story? What discoveries did Lewis make? What was his legacy?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of masks as preventative measures for spreading the 1918 flu pandemic. When and where were these measures introduced? How effective were they? Were the measures implemented among the public?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the impact of Wilmer Krusen's choices regarding the Liberty Loan Parade. What was Krusen warned of regarding the parade? How did he respond? What was the outcome of his decision?

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