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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. Approximately when was Hippocrates born?
(a) 140 B.C.
(b) 100 B.C.
(c) 320 B.C.
(d) 460 B.C.

2. According to the author in Chapter 20, investigators today believe that in the United States, the 1918-1919 flu epidemic caused an excess death toll of about how many people?
(a) 284,000.
(b) 425,000.
(c) 675,000.
(d) 723,000.

3. How many civilians were admitted to Philadelphia hospitals on September 27, 1918 suffering from influenza?
(a) 89.
(b) 652.
(c) 53.
(d) 123.

4. What state did Congressman William Borland represent?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Texas.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Arkansas.

5. Roughly how many nurses were serving in the U.S. military by May of 1918?
(a) 23,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 16,000.
(d) 40,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was William Henry Welch's assistant that went on to remake Harvard's medical school in the Hopkins's image?

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

3. On what date did Knusen ban all public meetings in Philadelphia, including further Liberty Loan gatherings, churches, schools, and theaters?

4. What ship that was once the pride of the German passenger fleet, had been confiscated by the U.S. undamaged during WWI?

5. What did the U.S. population exceed in the year 2004?

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