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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue - Part 2: Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the book Crowds and Power?
(a) Elias Canetti.
(b) William Councilman.
(c) Samuel Tilden.
(d) Daniel Coit Gilman.

2. Who gave the word "'paradigm' wide usage by arguing that at any given point in time, a particular paradigm, a kind of perceived truth, dominates the thinking in any science" (24)?
(a) Elias Canetti.
(b) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(c) Samuel Tilden.
(d) Thomas Kuhn.

3. What were the four humours that were hypothesized by those who wrote the Hippocratic texts?
(a) Blood, bile, fever, and taste.
(b) Blood, phlegm, bile, and black bile.
(c) Heat, coolness, love, and fear.
(d) Phlegm, urine, sweat, and blood.

4. What is the title of Part 1?
(a) "The Onset."
(b) "The Plague."
(c) "Outbreak."
(d) "The Warriors."

5. How old was William Henry Welch when his mother died?
(a) 5 years old.
(b) 6 months old.
(c) 8 years old.
(d) 2 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Johns Hopkins die?

2. What question does religion and philosophy ask that science does not, because it is too deep a question for science?

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

4. Approximately when was Hippocrates born?

5. In 1900 in the United States, how many medical schools required their students to have a college degree for entrance?

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