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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. Outside of what city was Camp Grant located, according to the author in Chapter 18?
2. Where was Camp Upton located in 1918?
3. Due to the 1918-1919 flu pandemic, one in every how many solders in the army died of influenza and its complications, according to the author in Chapter 20?
4. What did the death toll ultimately reach in New York City alone from the Spanish flu pandemic?
5. The author states in Chapter 21 that the process of inflammation involves the release by certain white blood cells of proteins that are called what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were the informational aspects of the pandemic that that scientists sought to discover, according to the author in Chapter 22?
2. Who was Richard Pfeiffer and why is his work noted in the book?
3. How did the Council of National Defense become involved in the Philadelphia outbreak?
4. How did the 1918 flu affect the human lungs?
5. How did William Henry Welch respond when he became infected with the flu?
6. What was the political landscape of Philadelphia in September of 1918?
7. Why were the U.S. newspapers not reporting widely on the pandemic of 1918?
8. Who was Rupert Blue and why is he important in the narrative?
9. Who was Wilmer Krusen and what decision did he make that was crucial to the spread of the virus?
10. What does the term "cyanotic" refer to and how does it relate to the 1918 flu?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the life and career of William Henry Welch. Why does the author regard Welch as an influential pioneer? What was Welch's role during the 1918 flu pandemic? For what is he most known?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the life and career of Oswald Avery. Where did Avery study? What were his areas of specialty? How was he involved in the fight against the 1918 flu pandemic?
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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