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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Robert Prager born?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) England.

2. Who was the personal physician to Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft, and Teddy Roosevelt during their presidential terms?
(a) Dr. Louis Howe.
(b) Dr. Cary Grayson.
(c) Dr. Samuel Tilden.
(d) Dr. Elias Canetti.

3. What is the title of Part 6?
(a) "Annihilation."
(b) "The Pestilence."
(c) "Explosion."
(d) "The Warriors."

4. When did Park create the Laboratory for Special Therapy and Investigation in rival to the Rockefeller Institute?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1911.

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

6. Near what town was Camp Custer located in the fall of 1918?
(a) Malvern, Pennsylvania.
(b) Augusta, Georgia.
(c) Battle Creek, Michigan.
(d) Roarke, New York.

7. Camp Grant was located along what river?
(a) The Hudson River.
(b) The Rock River.
(c) The Shasta River.
(d) The Trinity River.

8. Where was Preston Kyes working in June of 1918?
(a) The University of Pennsylvania.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) New York University.
(d) The University of Chicago.

9. What book did Katherine Anne Porter publish that included some of her experiences with the Spanish flu?
(a) The Plague of 1918.
(b) Pale Horse, Pale Rider.
(c) The Discovery.
(d) One Walk in the Night.

10. Where did William Welch go for part of his recuperation in Atlantic City?
(a) The Four Corners.
(b) Hotel Devonshire.
(c) Hotel Monmarte.
(d) Hotel Dennis.

11. Martha Wollstein was a respected bacteriologist associated with what institution in 1918?
(a) The Rockefeller Institute.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) The University of Pennsylvania.

12. Where did Paul Lewis grow up?
(a) Little Rock.
(b) Milwaukee.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Cleveland.

13. When did the U.S. enter into World War I?
(a) April, 1917.
(b) September, 1917.
(c) April, 1916.
(d) June, 1918.

14. Where was Camp Pike located at the time of the pandemic?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Texas.

15. How many troops did Camp Pike house in 1918?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 60,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say the incubation period of influenza is in Chapter 17?

2. Where was Charles-Edward Winslow working as an epidemiologist and professor when the 1918 outbreak occurred?

3. Who is quoted in Chapter 22 as having said, 'Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one's own way at all hazards" (277)?

4. Who is the great French physiologist who is quoted in Chapter 22 as saying "Science teaches us to doubt" (274)?

5. When did Paul Lewis complete his medical training at Penn?

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