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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. When did the medical school at the Johns Hopkins University open?

2. When did Johns Hopkins die?

3. Who was the Postmaster General at the time the U.S. entered WWI?

4. Who was Woodrow Wilson's secretary of state until he resigned in 1915?

5. Roughly how many nurses were serving in the U.S. military by May of 1918?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Daniel Coit Gilman?

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

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

4. When was Johns Hopkins University founded? Why was it important?

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

6. For what was Émile Roux most known?

7. Describe William Henry Welch's medical education.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of masks as preventative measures for spreading the 1918 flu pandemic. When and where were these measures introduced? How effective were they? Were the measures implemented among the public?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the life and career of Simon Flexner. Where did Flexner study? Where did he work at the time of the flu pandemic? What achievements did he make in his career?

Essay Topic 3

Describe three examples of symbolism in The Great Influenza. What is being represented? How does this symbol relate to you? How does the symbol relate universally?

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