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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. What were the names of the Mayo brothers who were giants in the field of surgery?
(a) Jason and Michael.
(b) James and Robert.
(c) George and Paul.
(d) Charles and William.

2. Where was anesthesia first demonstrated at a general hospital in 1846?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) New York.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Maine.

3. 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.

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

5. Who won the popular vote against Rutherford B. Hayes, but never took office?
(a) Elias Canetti.
(b) William Budd.
(c) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(d) Samuel Tilden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the lowest estimate of the death toll from the Spanish Flu, according to the author in the Prologue?

2. Who founded the American Red Cross?

3. Where was William Henry Welch born?

4. Where were the first cases of the 1918 flu discovered in the U.S.?

5. Where did William Maxwell grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does pneumonia kill humans?

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

3. For what was Émile Roux most known?

4. When was the American Red Cross founded? What was its mission?

5. Give a brief description of Woodrow Wilson's political career. During what years was he president?

6. Describe the narrative style of the Prologue. From what perspective is it related?

7. How does the author describe American medical education up to the turn of the twentieth century in the Prologue?

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

9. Who was Simon Flexner? What were his greatest achievements?

10. Who was Daniel Coit Gilman?

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