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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. Who was William Henry Welch's assistant that went on to remake Harvard's medical school in the Hopkins's image?
(a) William Councilman.
(b) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(c) Samuel Tilden.
(d) Elias Canetti.

2. Who was the U.S. Attorney General when the U.S. entered WWI?
(a) Albert Sidney Burleson.
(b) Thomas Gregory.
(c) William Jennings Bryan.
(d) Peyton Rous.

3. What were the names of the Mayo brothers who were giants in the field of surgery?
(a) Charles and William.
(b) George and Paul.
(c) James and Robert.
(d) Jason and Michael.

4. When did William Henry Welch enter Yale's Sheffield Scientific School to study chemistry?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1879.

5. Who was the first scientist to formulate the modern germ theory?
(a) Elias Canetti.
(b) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(c) Samuel Tilden.
(d) Jacob Henle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book Crowds and Power?

2. How old did William Henry Welch turn in 1930?

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. The author states in Chapter 1 that there are two most important questions in science. What is the second?

5. In what branch of the military was Paul Lewis a lieutenant commander in 1918?

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