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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 1 that there are two most important questions in science. What is the first?

2. Who was the first scientist to formulate the modern germ theory?

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

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 12, pneumonia maintained its position as the leading cause of death in the United States until what year?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the one purpose of a virus, according to the author?

5. Who was Galen and what were his accomplishments?

6. For what was Émile Roux most known?

7. Who was Xavier Bichat and for what was he most known?

8. What was the Sedition Act of 1918?

9. How does pneumonia kill humans?

10. What are the estimated death toll number from the 1918 flu pandemic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the transformation of the American medical educational system in the late 1800s. How did the changes come about? Who was responsible for revamping the U.S. medical educational system? What achievements were made in this time?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrative style in The Great Influenza. From what narrative perspective is the story related? In what tense? Why are these choices important?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the life and career of Paul Lewis. Why does the author bookend the narrative with Lewis's story? What discoveries did Lewis make? What was his legacy?

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