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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. Of what German mentor did William Henry Welch say he was "my ideal of a scientific man, accepting nothing upon authority, but putting every scientific theory to the severest test" (51)?
(a) Carl Ludwig.
(b) Elias Canetti.
(c) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(d) Samuel Tilden.

2. Who was the Postmaster General at the time the U.S. entered WWI?
(a) Peyton Rous.
(b) Albert Sidney Burleson.
(c) William Jennings Bryan.
(d) Martin Behrman.

3. In the Boer War from 1899 to 1902, how many British troops died for each combat-related death?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

4. What was the most serious disease that threatened the construction of the Panama Canal?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Yellow fever.
(d) Typhoid fever.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did John Adams and his party pass the Sedition Act?

2. When was the American Red Cross founded?

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

4. Who was Woodrow Wilson's secretary of state until he resigned in 1915?

5. What was tuberculosis called by laypeople?

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