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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Chapter 17 - Part 6: Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was anesthesia first demonstrated at a general hospital in 1846?
(a) Maine.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New York.

2. What is the title of Part 5 of the book?
(a) "Explosion."
(b) "Resolution."
(c) "The Warriors."
(d) "New Science."

3. According to the author in Chapter 20, investigators today believe that in the United States, the 1918-1919 flu epidemic caused an excess death toll of about how many people?
(a) 723,000.
(b) 284,000.
(c) 425,000.
(d) 675,000.

4. How many people died in Philadelphia on October 1, 1918?
(a) 95.
(b) 215.
(c) 11.
(d) 117.

5. When was the American Red Cross founded?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1881.
(d) 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 17 that there were no high schools in all of South Philadelphia until what year?

2. When was William Henry Welch born?

3. How did Colonel Charles Hagadorn die?

4. On what date did Knusen ban all public meetings in Philadelphia, including further Liberty Loan gatherings, churches, schools, and theaters?

5. With what university did the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City come to be associated?

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