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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 does the author say the incubation period of influenza is in Chapter 17?
2. Where was Camp Dodge located?
3. How many people died in Philadelphia on October 1, 1918?
4. For how long does the author assert the influenza virus can remain infectious on a hard surface in Chapter 22?
5. When did New York City's first influenza death occur in 1918?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the political landscape of Philadelphia in September of 1918?
2. Who was Wilmer Krusen and what decision did he make that was crucial to the spread of the virus?
3. What were the informational aspects of the pandemic that that scientists sought to discover, according to the author in Chapter 22?
4. How did the Council of National Defense become involved in the Philadelphia outbreak?
5. What does the term "cyanotic" refer to and how does it relate to the 1918 flu?
6. What were the results of Dr. W. R. Redden's serum trial?
7. Who was Colonel Charles Hagadorn and how did he die?
8. Who was Richard Pfeiffer and why is his work noted in the book?
9. Who was Joe Capps and what contribution did he have to the scientists fighting the virus?
10. What did the Providence Journal report on the pandemic, according to the author in Chapter 29?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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