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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue - Part 2: Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Johns Hopkins died, how much was the trust he left to found a univerisity and hospital?
(a) $2.1 million.
(b) $3.5 million.
(c) $4.2 million.
(d) $1.3 million.

2. According to the author in Chapter 3, three theories stood as rivals to the germ theory. What did the first theory involve?
(a) Amitosis.
(b) Carcinogens.
(c) Miasma.
(d) Migration.

3. When did Rudolf Virchow receive his medical degree?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1843.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1866.

4. Who wrote the book Crowds and Power?
(a) William Councilman.
(b) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(c) Samuel Tilden.
(d) Elias Canetti.

5. Who gave the word "'paradigm' wide usage by arguing that at any given point in time, a particular paradigm, a kind of perceived truth, dominates the thinking in any science" (24)?
(a) Samuel Tilden.
(b) Thomas Kuhn.
(c) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(d) Elias Canetti.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who won the popular vote against Rutherford B. Hayes, but never took office?

2. Who was William Henry Welch's assistant that went on to remake Harvard's medical school in the Hopkins's image?

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

4. When did the medical school at the Johns Hopkins University open?

5. Where was William Henry Welch born?

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