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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 was the arsenic compound developed by Paul Ehrlich called that could cure syphilis patients?
(a) Salversan.
(b) Abutron.
(c) Arsenic.
(d) Codeine.

2. When was the International Red Cross founded?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1888.

3. When was William Henry Welch born?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1874.

4. Who wrote the book Paradise Lost?
(a) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(b) Samuel Tilden.
(c) Elias Canetti.
(d) John Milton.

5. What executive order created the Committee on Public Information during WWI?
(a) Executive Order 2594.
(b) Executive Order 1248.
(c) Executive Order 3243.
(d) Executive Order 5142.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did William Maxwell grow up?

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

3. When did Harvard create the first laboratory of experimental medicine at any American university?

4. What was tuberculosis called by laypeople?

5. What were the names of the Mayo brothers who were giants in the field of surgery?

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