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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the death toll ultimately reach in New York City alone from the Spanish flu pandemic?
(a) 28,000.
(b) 33,000.
(c) 45,000.
(d) 26,000.

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

3. Who was Franklin Roosevelt's closest advisor that kept in hourly touch with his doctors when Roosevelt contracted the 1918 flu?
(a) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(b) Elias Canetti.
(c) Samuel Tilden.
(d) Louis Howe.

4. How many people died in Philadelphia on October 1, 1918?
(a) 11.
(b) 95.
(c) 215.
(d) 117.

5. What term from Chapter 25 refers to "the random movement of particles in a fluid" (302)?
(a) Articulate motion.
(b) Ambiguous motion.
(c) Lucidian motion.
(d) Brownian motion.

6. How many people were reported to have died from influenza in Philadelphia on October 5, 1918?
(a) 625.
(b) 254.
(c) 135.
(d) 195.

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

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

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

10. Where was Charles-Edward Winslow working as an epidemiologist and professor when the 1918 outbreak occurred?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Princeton University.

11. When did Paul Lewis complete his medical training at Penn?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1919.

12. What is the title of Part 8?
(a) "The Pestilence."
(b) "The Tolling of the Bell."
(c) "The Race."
(d) "The Warriors."

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

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

15. 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) 675,000.
(b) 284,000.
(c) 425,000.
(d) 723,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did New York City's first influenza death occur in 1918?

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

4. In what year did Rupert Blue rise to the position of U.S. Surgeon General?

5. Where did William Welch go for part of his recuperation in Atlantic City?

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