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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) 254,000.
(b) 634,000.
(c) 185,000.
(d) 23,000.

2. How many medical schools were there in Philadelphia when the outbreak occurred in 1918?
(a) 23.
(b) 12.
(c) 19.
(d) 5.

3. When did Rudolf Virchow receive his medical degree?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1866.
(c) 1843.
(d) 1872.

4. How many bodies did the Philadelphia morgue have room for when the pandemic started in 1918?
(a) 16.
(b) 52.
(c) 36.
(d) 22.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was named head of the Committee on Public Information when it was formed?

2. What is the title of Part 5 of the book?

3. What was tuberculosis called by laypeople?

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

5. Between June 1 and August 1, 1918, how many British soldiers in France were hit hard enough by the 1918 flu that they could not report to duty?

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