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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. What sentence was socialist Eugene Debs given for opposing the war then the U.S. entered it?
(a) 15 years in prison.
(b) 5 years in prison.
(c) 20 years in prison.
(d) 10 years in prison.

2. How many medical schools were there in Philadelphia when the outbreak occurred in 1918?
(a) 23.
(b) 12.
(c) 19.
(d) 5.

3. Counting both sides, how many troops died in the U.S. Civil war from disease?
(a) 373,000.
(b) 253,000.
(c) 634,000.
(d) 452,000.

4. What book did Katherine Anne Porter publish that included some of her experiences with the Spanish flu?
(a) Pale Horse, Pale Rider.
(b) The Discovery.
(c) One Walk in the Night.
(d) The Plague of 1918.

5. When was the International Red Cross founded?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1863.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Boer War from 1899 to 1902, how many British troops died for each combat-related death?

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

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

4. What symptom of the 1918 flu refers to a bluish discoloration of the skin resulting from poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of the blood?

5. When did Park create the Laboratory for Special Therapy and Investigation in rival to the Rockefeller Institute?

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