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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Emma Snyder when she died?
(a) 52.
(b) 19.
(c) 46.
(d) 23.

2. On what date did Knusen ban all public meetings in Philadelphia, including further Liberty Loan gatherings, churches, schools, and theaters?
(a) June 30, 1918.
(b) October 3, 1918.
(c) September 14, 1918.
(d) March 12, 1918.

3. What sentence was socialist Eugene Debs given for opposing the war then the U.S. entered it?
(a) 20 years in prison.
(b) 15 years in prison.
(c) 10 years in prison.
(d) 5 years in prison.

4. What is the title of Part 8?
(a) "The Pestilence."
(b) "The Warriors."
(c) "The Race."
(d) "The Tolling of the Bell."

5. When the 1918 flu infected Camp Grant in Illinois, in six days the hospital went from 610 occupied beds to how many occupied?
(a) 1,245.
(b) 3,252.
(c) 6,231.
(d) 4,102.

6. For how long does the author assert the influenza virus can remain infectious on a hard surface in Chapter 22?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 24 hours.

7. 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?
(a) Aminos.
(b) Hormones.
(c) Cytokines.
(d) Ionites.

8. Where was Robert Prager born?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) France.

9. Camp Hancock was located outside of what city?
(a) Roarke, New York.
(b) Lubbock, Texas.
(c) Augusta, Georgia.
(d) Malvern, Pennsylvania.

10. The author states in Chapter 17 that there were no high schools in all of South Philadelphia until what year?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1934.

11. What is the title of Part 6?
(a) "The Pestilence."
(b) "The Warriors."
(c) "Annihilation."
(d) "Explosion."

12. How many people were reported to have died from influenza in Philadelphia on October 5, 1918?
(a) 254.
(b) 135.
(c) 625.
(d) 195.

13. How did Colonel Charles Hagadorn die?
(a) He died from Typhoid fever.
(b) He died from the flu.
(c) He shot himself.
(d) He was shot in warfare.

14. How many civilians were admitted to Philadelphia hospitals on September 27, 1918 suffering from influenza?
(a) 123.
(b) 53.
(c) 89.
(d) 652.

15. Who was the personal physician to Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft, and Teddy Roosevelt during their presidential terms?
(a) Dr. Cary Grayson.
(b) Dr. Samuel Tilden.
(c) Dr. Louis Howe.
(d) Dr. Elias Canetti.

Short Answer Questions

1. What symptom of the 1918 flu refers to a bluish discoloration of the skin resulting from poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of the blood?

2. Who is the great French physiologist who is quoted in Chapter 22 as saying "Science teaches us to doubt" (274)?

3. What does the author say the incubation period of influenza is in Chapter 17?

4. When was the great Liberty Loan parade held in Philadelphia, infecting many with the 1918 flu?

5. How old was Richard Pfeiffer in 1918?

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