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magmichele12 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Noah Webster thought every American schoolboy should be educated

A. to appreciate European culture.

B. in Greek and Latin.

C. in community service.

D. as a nationalist.

E. in a skilled trade.

Question 2

Gilgamesh was

A) a thick barley porridge eaten by peasants.
B) the hero of a Sumerian epic poem.
C) the Sumerian god of storms.
D) the dwelling-place of the Sumerian gods.
E) the first ruler to unite Mesopotamia.

Question 3

The expansion of the medical profession during the early nineteenth century resulted in a

A. broad increase in the number of hospitals.

B. decline in midwives.

C. significant gain in the general body of medical knowledge.

D. large jump in average life expectancy.

E. rapid rise in care for the disabled.

Question 4

In the study of medicine during the early nineteenth century,

A. municipal leaders sought better public awareness of sanitation to reduce diseases.

B. most doctors received their training by working with an established physician.

C. most physicians spoke out against the practice of bleeding and purging.

D. anatomy became the leading contributor to medical knowledge.

E. physicians found the public remarkably receptive to new discoveries and innovations.

Question 5

The first American medical school was established at

A. the University of Pennsylvania.

B. William and Mary.

C. Harvard.

D. Columbia.

E. the University of North Carolina.

Question 6

The religious concept of deism

A. argued for a remote God that had withdrawn from human affairs.

B. All these answers are correct.

C. was frowned upon by educated Americans such as Jefferson and Franklin.

D. challenged many of the ideas that had emerged in the Enlightenment.

E. emphasized the role of God in the world.