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

2. What was sauerkraut renamed in the U.S. during WWI?
(a) Liberty cabbage.
(b) Cabbage salad.
(c) Mixed greens.
(d) Liberty leaves.

3. The author states in Chapter 1 that there are two most important questions in science. What is the first?
(a) Why?
(b) How is this occurring?
(c) Why is this happening?
(d) What can I know?

4. What was tuberculosis called by laypeople?
(a) Black fever.
(b) Extraction.
(c) Red fever.
(d) Consumption.

5. When Woodrow Wilson took the presidency in 1912, he had won what percentage of the vote?
(a) 34%.
(b) 23%.
(c) 41%.
(d) 49%.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the book Crowds and Power?

3. When did World War I begin?

4. What is the lowest estimate of the death toll from the Spanish Flu, according to the author in the Prologue?

5. Where is the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine located?

(see the answer key)

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