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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. Approximately when was Hippocrates born?
(a) 140 B.C.
(b) 460 B.C.
(c) 320 B.C.
(d) 100 B.C.

2. Who founded the American Red Cross?
(a) Albert Sidney Burleson.
(b) Clara Barton.
(c) Peyton Rous.
(d) William Jennings Bryan.

3. From what did Louis Thuillier die?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Brain cancer.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Cholera.

4. Counting both sides, how many troops died in the U.S. Civil war from disease?
(a) 452,000.
(b) 373,000.
(c) 253,000.
(d) 634,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 what percentage of those who fell ill with measles during the seige of Paris died?

2. According to the author in Chapter 12, pneumonia maintained its position as the leading cause of death in the United States until what year?

3. What was the most serious disease that threatened the construction of the Panama Canal?

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

5. How many people were killed in the Johnstown flood of 1889?

(see the answer key)

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