View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 9 - Part 4: Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many local chapters were there in the American Red Cross when World War I ended?
(a) 3,677.
(b) 3,864.
(c) 1,745.
(d) 2,534.

2. Where were the first cases of the 1918 flu discovered in the U.S.?
(a) Texas.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Kansas.

3. When did Pasteur prove that living organisms caused fermentation?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1889.

4. Approximately when was Hippocrates born?
(a) 460 B.C.
(b) 320 B.C.
(c) 140 B.C.
(d) 100 B.C.

5. What term refers to the short-term immunity which results from the introduction of antibodies from another person or animal?
(a) Integral immunity.
(b) Partial immunity.
(c) Antithesis.
(d) Passive immunity.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Woodrow Wilson took the presidency in 1912, he had won what percentage of the vote?

2. What was the most serious disease that threatened the construction of the Panama Canal?

3. In 1900 in the United States, how many medical schools required their students to have a college degree for entrance?

4. With what university is the Henry Phipps Institute associated?

5. Who was the U.S. Attorney General when the U.S. entered WWI?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 178 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample