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

2. Who was the personal physician to Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft, and Teddy Roosevelt during their presidential terms?
(a) Dr. Samuel Tilden.
(b) Dr. Cary Grayson.
(c) Dr. Louis Howe.
(d) Dr. Elias Canetti.

3. When WWI bega, there were 140,000 physicians in the United States. How many of them were serving in the army or navy?
(a) 423.
(b) 934.
(c) 776.
(d) 165.

4. On what date did Knusen ban all public meetings in Philadelphia, including further Liberty Loan gatherings, churches, schools, and theaters?
(a) October 3, 1918.
(b) June 30, 1918.
(c) March 12, 1918.
(d) September 14, 1918.

5. What is the title of Part 8?
(a) "The Pestilence."
(b) "The Tolling of the Bell."
(c) "The Warriors."
(d) "The Race."

Short Answer Questions

1. What term from Chapter 25 refers to "the random movement of particles in a fluid" (302)?

2. For whom did Katherine Anne Porter work as a news reporter when the 1918 flu pandemic broke out?

3. What was the approximate population of the United states in 1918-1919?

4. In what branch of the military was Paul Lewis a lieutenant commander in 1918?

5. How old was William Henry Welch when his mother died?

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