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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. How many sailors arrived from Boston at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on September 7, 1918?

2. Where was Charles-Edward Winslow working as an epidemiologist and professor when the 1918 outbreak occurred?

3. Who was the personal physician to Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft, and Teddy Roosevelt during their presidential terms?

4. How did Colonel Charles Hagadorn die?

5. What book did Katherine Anne Porter publish that included some of her experiences with the Spanish flu?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Colonel Charles Hagadorn and how did he die?

2. What was the political landscape of Philadelphia in September of 1918?

3. Who was Richard Pfeiffer and why is his work noted in the book?

4. How did the Council of National Defense become involved in the Philadelphia outbreak?

5. What does the term "epidemiology" refer to?

6. What were the informational aspects of the pandemic that that scientists sought to discover, according to the author in Chapter 22?

7. How did William Henry Welch respond when he became infected with the flu?

8. What were the results of Dr. W. R. Redden's serum trial?

9. What happened to the soldiers that Colonel Charles Hagadorn had transported from Camp Grant to Camp Hancock?

10. Who was Wilmer Krusen and what decision did he make that was crucial to the spread of the virus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the political atmosphere at the time of the 1918 flu pandemic. Who was the president of the United States? What was the global political atmosphere? How did politics influence the spread of the disease?

Essay Topic 2

Describe three examples of symbolism in The Great Influenza. What is being represented? How does this symbol relate to you? How does the symbol relate universally?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the impact of Wilmer Krusen's choices regarding the Liberty Loan Parade. What was Krusen warned of regarding the parade? How did he respond? What was the outcome of his decision?

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