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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. Who was the keynote speaker at the launching celebration for the John Hopkins University?
(a) Samuel Tilden.
(b) William Budd.
(c) Carl Ludwig.
(d) Thomas H. Huxley.

2. Who was the president of the Johns Hopkins University when it was established?
(a) Elias Canetti.
(b) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(c) Samuel Tilden.
(d) William Budd.

3. The author states in Chapter 1 that there are two most important questions in science. What is the second?
(a) What his happening?
(b) How does this work?
(c) What is its purpose?
(d) How can I know it?

4. Where did Franklin Mall earn his medical degree?
(a) The University of California at Berkeley.
(b) The University of Michigan.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Yale University.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Johns Hopkins die?

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

4. How old was William Henry Welch when his mother died?

5. When did William Henry Welch enter Yale's Sheffield Scientific School to study chemistry?

(see the answer key)

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