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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. When did Provost Marshal Enoch Crowder issue his "work or fight" order?
(a) May 23, 1918.
(b) March 1, 1919.
(c) April 2, 1918.
(d) March 23, 1917.

2. Who is the great French physiologist who is quoted in Chapter 22 as saying "Science teaches us to doubt" (274)?
(a) Elias Canetti.
(b) Claude Bernard.
(c) Louis Howe.
(d) Thomas Huxley.

3. For how long does the author assert the influenza virus can remain infectious on a hard surface in Chapter 22?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 24 hours.

4. For whom did Katherine Anne Porter work as a news reporter when the 1918 flu pandemic broke out?
(a) The San Francisco Chronicle.
(b) The San Jose Chronicle.
(c) The Rocky Mountain News.
(d) The Chicago Tribune.

5. With whom did Henry Phipps make millions at U.S. Steel, according to the author in Chapter 17?
(a) Rupert Blue.
(b) Andrew Carnegie.
(c) Jacob Henle.
(d) Carl Ludwig.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the approximate population of the United states in 1918-1919?

2. Where did Paul Lewis attend college?

3. In what kind of test are bacteria "stained with crystal violet, treated with iodine, washed with alcohol, and then stained again with a contrasting dye" (298)?

4. Where was Preston Kyes working in June of 1918?

5. Camp Hancock was located outside of what city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the informational aspects of the pandemic that that scientists sought to discover, according to the author in Chapter 22?

2. Who was Richard Pfeiffer and why is his work noted in the book?

3. What does the term "cyanotic" refer to and how does it relate to the 1918 flu?

4. What did the Providence Journal report on the pandemic, according to the author in Chapter 29?

5. What happened to the soldiers that Colonel Charles Hagadorn had transported from Camp Grant to Camp Hancock?

6. What were the results of Dr. W. R. Redden's serum trial?

7. Who was Colonel Charles Hagadorn and how did he die?

8. What did the outfall of the Liberty Loan Parade look like?

9. Who was Wilmer Krusen and what decision did he make that was crucial to the spread of the virus?

10. How did the Council of National Defense become involved in the Philadelphia outbreak?

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