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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. Where did William Maxwell grow up?
(a) Lincoln, Illinois.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Lubbock, Texas.

2. In what branch of the military was Paul Lewis a lieutenant commander in 1918?
(a) Navy.
(b) Air Force.
(c) Army.
(d) Marines.

3. The author states in Chapter 1 that there are two most important questions in science. What is the second?
(a) How can I know it?
(b) What is its purpose?
(c) How does this work?
(d) What his happening?

4. Who was Woodrow Wilson's secretary of state until he resigned in 1915?
(a) William Jennings Bryan.
(b) Martin Behrman.
(c) Albert Sidney Burleson.
(d) Peyton Rous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Surgeon General of the Army when the U.S. entered WWI?

2. Who was the U.S. Attorney General when the U.S. entered WWI?

3. According to the author in Chapter 3, three theories stood as rivals to the germ theory. What did the first theory involve?

4. How many local chapters were there in the American Red Cross when the U.S. entered the Great War?

5. When WWI bega, there were 140,000 physicians in the United States. How many of them were serving in the army or navy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where is the 1918 flu pandemic believed to have originated? How did it originate?

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

5. Who was Galen and what were his accomplishments?

6. How did the second wave of the 1918 flu differ from the first?

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

8. Who was William Gorgas? What was his role in the war?

9. When was Johns Hopkins University founded? Why was it important?

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

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