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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7: Chapter 22 - Part 8: Chapter 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the dierector of the Public Health Service's Hygenic Laboratory in 1918?
(a) George McCoy.
(b) Elias Canetti.
(c) Samuel Tilden.
(d) Louis Howe.

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

3. How many civilians were admitted to Philadelphia hospitals on September 27, 1918 suffering from influenza?
(a) 123.
(b) 652.
(c) 89.
(d) 53.

4. Who developed a method still in use that led to the first blood banks being established at the front in 1917?
(a) Martin Behrman.
(b) Alexis Carrel.
(c) Peyton Rous.
(d) William Jennings Bryan.

5. Who was the Nobel laureate that pioneered the surgical reattachment of limbs and organ transpantation in 1912?
(a) Alexis Carrel.
(b) Peyton Rous.
(c) Rupert Blue.
(d) William Jennings Bryan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was named head of the Committee on Public Information when it was formed?

2. In what year did Rupert Blue rise to the position of U.S. Surgeon General?

3. When did a German submarine sink the Lusitania?

4. When did Rupert Blue complete his medical studies?

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

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