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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. The author states in Chapter 21 that the process of inflammation involves the release by certain white blood cells of proteins that are called what?
(a) Cytokines.
(b) Ionites.
(c) Aminos.
(d) Hormones.

2. In 1900 in the United States, how many medical schools required their students to have a college degree for entrance?
(a) 75.
(b) 1.
(c) 50.
(d) 10.

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

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

5. Who was the Nobel laureate that pioneered the surgical reattachment of limbs and organ transpantation in 1912?
(a) Rupert Blue.
(b) Alexis Carrel.
(c) William Jennings Bryan.
(d) Peyton Rous.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did World War I begin?

2. From what did Louis Thuillier die?

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

4. Who was the mayor of New Orleans when the U.S. entered WWI?

5. What is the lowest estimate of the death toll from the Spanish Flu, according to the author in the Prologue?

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