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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. Counting both sides, how many troops died in the U.S. Civil War in combat or from their wounds?
(a) 23,000.
(b) 254,000.
(c) 185,000.
(d) 634,000.

2. Who was the keynote speaker at the launching celebration for the John Hopkins University?
(a) Thomas H. Huxley.
(b) Carl Ludwig.
(c) William Budd.
(d) Samuel Tilden.

3. The author states in Chapter 1 that there are two most important questions in science. What is the second?
(a) How can I know it?
(b) What is its purpose?
(c) What his happening?
(d) How does this work?

4. Who was William Henry Welch's assistant that went on to remake Harvard's medical school in the Hopkins's image?
(a) William Councilman.
(b) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(c) Elias Canetti.
(d) Samuel Tilden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Preston Kyes working in June of 1918?

2. Where was William Henry Welch born?

3. Who won the popular vote against Rutherford B. Hayes, but never took office?

4. In the late nineteenth century, there were 7,000 engineers according to the author. How many were there just after World War I?

5. Who wrote the book Crowds and Power?

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