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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 9: Chapter 31 - Part 10: Chapter 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who published the paper “Studies on the Chemical Nature of the Substance Inducing Transformation of Pneumococcal Types. Induction of Transformation by a Desoxyribonucleic Acid Fraction Isolated from Pneumoccus Type III” (424)?
(a) Alexis Carrel.
(b) Jacob Henle.
(c) Oswald Avery.
(d) Peyton Rous.

2. What symptom of the 1918 flu refers to a bluish discoloration of the skin resulting from poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of the blood?
(a) Ambiosis.
(b) Regeneration.
(c) Cyanosis.
(d) Passive immunity.

3. When Woodrow Wilson took the presidency in 1912, he had won what percentage of the vote?
(a) 23%.
(b) 34%.
(c) 41%.
(d) 49%.

4. What executive order created the Committee on Public Information during WWI?
(a) Executive Order 3243.
(b) Executive Order 1248.
(c) Executive Order 2594.
(d) Executive Order 5142.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 1 that there are two most important questions in science. What is the second?

2. How many people died in Philadelphia on October 1, 1918?

3. When did Teddy Roosevelt create the Great Lakes Naval Training Station?

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

5. When did Johns Hopkins die?

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