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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. Who wrote the book Paradise Lost?

2. When Woodrow Wilson took the presidency in 1912, he had won what percentage of the vote?

3. What were the names of the Mayo brothers who were giants in the field of surgery?

4. Who was the president of the Johns Hopkins University when it was established?

5. With what university is the Henry Phipps Institute associated?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Galen and what were his accomplishments?

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

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

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

6. What was the Sedition Act of 1918?

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

8. How does pneumonia kill humans?

9. In what ways did bigotry against immigrants arise in 1917-1918?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss three examples of irony in The Great Influenza. What type of irony is used in each example? What purpose does it serve? What is your response to each example?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of the press and media in the 1918 flu pandemic. How widely reported was the pandemic? Why was reporting as it was? How did the reporting influence the spread of disease?

Essay Topic 3

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

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