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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. In the late nineteenth century, there were 7,000 engineers according to the author. How many were there just after World War I?
(a) 672,000.
(b) 125,000.
(c) 226,000.
(d) 23,000.

2. What is the title of Part 1?
(a) "The Plague."
(b) "The Onset."
(c) "Outbreak."
(d) "The Warriors."

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

4. How many people died in Philadelphia on October 1, 1918?
(a) 95.
(b) 117.
(c) 215.
(d) 11.

5. When did Robert Koch discover the tubercle bacillus?
(a) 1855.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1895.

Short Answer Questions

1. What executive order created the Committee on Public Information during WWI?

2. What was sauerkraut renamed in the U.S. during WWI?

3. Where was Josey Brown working when she fell ill?

4. With what university is the Henry Phipps Institute associated?

5. What symptom of the 1918 flu refers to a bluish discoloration of the skin resulting from poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of the blood?

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