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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. In the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 what percentage of those who fell ill with measles during the seige of Paris died?
(a) 50%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 30%.

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

3. What were the four humours that were hypothesized by those who wrote the Hippocratic texts?
(a) Blood, bile, fever, and taste.
(b) Phlegm, urine, sweat, and blood.
(c) Heat, coolness, love, and fear.
(d) Blood, phlegm, bile, and black bile.

4. With what university is the Henry Phipps Institute associated?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) New York University.
(d) The University of Pennsylvania.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was William Henry Welch when his mother died?

2. When did Germany announce unrestricted submarine warfare against neutral and merchant vessels during WWI?

3. In the Boer War from 1899 to 1902, how many British troops died for each combat-related death?

4. Where was Oswald Avery born?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does pneumonia kill humans?

3. Why was the Postmaster General given special priviliges under the Sedition Act of 1918? What were they?

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

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

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

7. What led to the founding of Johns Hopkins University?

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

9. Why does the author credit William Henry Welch as being the most influential scientist in the world?

10. How are the patients of Paul Lewis described in the Prologue? What were their primary symptoms?

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