Quiz on Edward Jenner

What is Edward Jenner best known for?

• Discovering penicillin

• Developing the smallpox vaccine

• Inventing the telephone

• Creating the polio vaccine

Edward Jenner's work laid the foundation for which field?

• Quantum physics

• Immunology

• Organic chemistry

• Genetic engineering

What milder disease was used to prevent smallpox?

• Measles

• Cowpox

• Chickenpox

• Influenza

By what year was vaccination made compulsory in England?

• 1852

• 1842

• 1862

• 1832

Which society did not accept the vaccination because it couldn’t be explained?

• Medical Society

• Royal Society

• Scientific Society

• Historical Society

Which theory remained popular among the population by 1700?

• Germ Theory

• Miasma Theory

• Four Humours

• Supernatural Theory

By 1700, which of the following was no longer a common diagnostic method?

• Bloodletting

• Astrology

• Herbal remedies

• Surgery

What did the Miasma Theory suggest was the cause of disease?

• Invisible germs

• Bad air or pollution

• Imbalance of humours

• Divine punishment

Which of the following was a belief that declined by 1700?

• Miasma Theory

• Germ Theory

• Supernatural causes

• Scientific methods

According to the Spontaneous Generation theory, what could rotting food produce?

• Maggots

• Bacteria

• Viruses

• Fungi