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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the president of the Johns Hopkins University when it was established?
(a) Samuel Tilden.
(b) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(c) William Budd.
(d) Elias Canetti.

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

3. With what university is the Henry Phipps Institute associated?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) The University of Pennsylvania.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) New York University.

4. How old did William Henry Welch turn in 1930?
(a) 75.
(b) 62.
(c) 91.
(d) 80.

5. Who was the mayor of New Orleans when the U.S. entered WWI?
(a) Martin Behrman.
(b) William Jennings Bryan.
(c) Rupert Blue.
(d) Peyton Rous.

6. How many local chapters were there in the American Red Cross when World War I ended?
(a) 1,745.
(b) 2,534.
(c) 3,864.
(d) 3,677.

7. 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) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(b) Samuel Tilden.
(c) Elias Canetti.
(d) Carl Ludwig.

8. When did Johns Hopkins die?
(a) 1855.
(b) 1873.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1902.

9. Who was the Surgeon General of the Army when the U.S. entered WWI?
(a) William Crawford Gorgas.
(b) Rupert Blue.
(c) Peyton Rous.
(d) William Jennings Bryan.

10. Who wrote the book Paradise Lost?
(a) Samuel Tilden.
(b) Elias Canetti.
(c) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(d) John Milton.

11. Who was the civilian surgeon general and head of the U.S. Public Health Service when the U.S. entered WWI?
(a) Rupert Blue.
(b) Peyton Rous.
(c) Albert Sidney Burleson.
(d) William Jennings Bryan.

12. What term refers to the short-term immunity which results from the introduction of antibodies from another person or animal?
(a) Partial immunity.
(b) Integral immunity.
(c) Passive immunity.
(d) Antithesis.

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

14. Who gave the word "'paradigm' wide usage by arguing that at any given point in time, a particular paradigm, a kind of perceived truth, dominates the thinking in any science" (24)?
(a) Elias Canetti.
(b) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(c) Samuel Tilden.
(d) Thomas Kuhn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1900 in the United States, how many medical schools required their students to have a college degree for entrance?

2. Where was Oswald Avery born?

3. Between June 1 and August 1, 1918, how many British soldiers in France were hit hard enough by the 1918 flu that they could not report to duty?

4. Where did Franklin Mall earn his medical degree?

5. Counting both sides, how many troops died in the U.S. Civil War in combat or from their wounds?

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