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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first scientist to formulate the modern germ theory?
(a) Elias Canetti.
(b) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(c) Jacob Henle.
(d) Samuel Tilden.

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

3. When was the International Red Cross founded?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1863.

4. When did William Henry Welch enter Yale's Sheffield Scientific School to study chemistry?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1872.

5. Where did Franklin Mall earn his medical degree?
(a) Yale University.
(b) The University of California at Berkeley.
(c) The University of Michigan.
(d) Harvard University.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was named head of the Committee on Public Information when it was formed?

2. When did Rudolf Virchow receive his medical degree?

3. In what branch of the military was Paul Lewis a lieutenant commander in 1918?

4. Where was William Henry Welch born?

5. When did Robert Koch discover the tubercle bacillus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the estimated death toll number from the 1918 flu pandemic?

2. What was the Sedition Act of 1918?

3. What were the conditions like at Camp Devens when the pandemic hit?

4. What was the most noteworthy aspect of those who were killed by the Spanish flu?

5. What was the significant impact that the 1918 flu had on the human immune system?

6. Who was Oswald Avery and what is he most known for?

7. Who was Galen and what were his accomplishments?

8. In what ways did bigotry against immigrants arise in 1917-1918?

9. What does the term "pathogen" refer to and why is it important in the narrative?

10. Who was Xavier Bichat and for what was he most known?

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