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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. Of what German mentor did William Henry Welch say he was "my ideal of a scientific man, accepting nothing upon authority, but putting every scientific theory to the severest test" (51)?
(a) Elias Canetti.
(b) Samuel Tilden.
(c) Carl Ludwig.
(d) Daniel Coit Gilman.

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

3. Where was anesthesia first demonstrated at a general hospital in 1846?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Maine.
(d) New York.

4. From what did Louis Thuillier die?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Brain cancer.
(d) Cholera.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many people were reported to have died from influenza in Philadelphia on October 5, 1918?

3. Who was the Surgeon General of the Army when the U.S. entered WWI?

4. With whom did Henry Phipps make millions at U.S. Steel, according to the author in Chapter 17?

5. Where did Paul Lewis grow up?

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