The Great Influenza Test | Final Test - Medium

John M. Barry
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 105 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Great Influenza Test | Final Test - Medium

John M. Barry
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 105 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 what year did Rupert Blue rise to the position of U.S. Surgeon General?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1899.

2. How many troops did Camp Pike house in 1918?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 60,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 30,000.

3. When the 1918 flu infected Camp Grant in Illinois, in six days the hospital went from 610 occupied beds to how many occupied?
(a) 1,245.
(b) 6,231.
(c) 4,102.
(d) 3,252.

4. Due to the 1918-1919 flu pandemic, one in every how many solders in the army died of influenza and its complications, according to the author in Chapter 20?
(a) 82.
(b) 34.
(c) 67.
(d) 49.

5. Where was Josey Brown working when she fell ill?
(a) The Great Lakes Naval Training Station.
(b) The Abrasia Naval Training Station.
(c) The Winters Anderson Naval Training Station.
(d) The Cordon Wells Naval Training Station.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the great Liberty Loan parade held in Philadelphia, infecting many with the 1918 flu?

2. Outside of what city was Camp Grant located, according to the author in Chapter 18?

3. How many civilians were admitted to Philadelphia hospitals on September 27, 1918 suffering from influenza?

4. With whom did Henry Phipps make millions at U.S. Steel, according to the author in Chapter 17?

5. Where was Charles-Edward Winslow working as an epidemiologist and professor when the 1918 outbreak occurred?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did William Henry Welch respond when he became infected with the flu?

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

5. What does "the grippe" refer to?

6. Who was Joe Capps and what contribution did he have to the scientists fighting the virus?

7. What were the results of Paul Lewis's flu vaccine trial described in Chapter 24?

8. Who was Rupert Blue and why is he important in the narrative?

9. What does the term "epidemiology" refer to?

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

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