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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7: Chapter 22 - Part 8: Chapter 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Teddy Roosevelt create the Great Lakes Naval Training Station?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1925.

2. 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?
(a) 109,534.
(b) 200,825.
(c) 674,120.
(d) 342,003.

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

4. For how long does the author assert the influenza virus can remain infectious on a hard surface in Chapter 22?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 5 days.

5. How old was Richard Pfeiffer in 1918?
(a) 50.
(b) 40.
(c) 70.
(d) 60.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who gave the word "'paradigm' wide usage by arguing that at any given point in time, a particular paradigm, a kind of perceived truth, dominates the thinking in any science" (24)?

3. When was the American Red Cross founded?

4. Counting both sides, how many troops died in the U.S. Civil War in combat or from their wounds?

5. 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?

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