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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. What term refers to the short-term immunity which results from the introduction of antibodies from another person or animal?

2. Who borrowed John Snow's epidemiologist methodology and applied it to the study of typhoid in the 1850s?

3. On what date was the launching of the John Hopkins University?

4. Where is the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine located?

5. Who was William Henry Welch's assistant that went on to remake Harvard's medical school in the Hopkins's image?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what was Émile Roux most known?

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

3. How does pneumonia kill humans?

4. What was the significant impact that the 1918 flu had on the human immune system?

5. Why does the author credit William Henry Welch as being the most influential scientist in the world?

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

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

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

9. Give a brief description of Woodrow Wilson's political career. During what years was he president?

10. Who was Daniel Coit Gilman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the symptoms and effects of the 1918 flu. How quickly did one get sick from the disease? What were the first symptoms? How did the disease progress in the body? What organs were affected the most?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the military's responses to the 1918 flu pandemic. When and where did the pandemic break out? How did it spread? In what ways was the military responsible for its spread?

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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