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Alexander Fleming - Exam
  • 1. In which year was Alexander Fleming born?
A) 1925
B) 1900
C) 1850
D) 1881
  • 2. What important discovery is Alexander Fleming known for?
A) radioactivity
B) electricity
C) gravity
D) penicillin
  • 3. Where was Alexander Fleming born?
A) France
B) Germany
C) England
D) Scotland
  • 4. Which war greatly influenced Fleming's work on penicillin?
A) War of 1812
B) Vietnam War
C) World War I
D) American Revolutionary War
  • 5. Where did Alexander Fleming study medicine?
A) Sorbonne University
B) St. Mary's Hospital Medical School
C) Harvard University
D) Oxford University
  • 6. What type of substance is penicillin?
A) insecticide
B) antibiotic
C) paint
D) fertilizer
  • 7. Who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Alexander Fleming for the discovery of penicillin?
A) Albert Einstein
B) Isaac Newton
C) Marie Curie
D) Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain
  • 8. What was Alexander Fleming's marital status?
A) widowed
B) single
C) divorced
D) married
  • 9. What was Alexander Fleming's nationality?
A) American
B) English
C) Scottish
D) German
  • 10. In which year was penicillin first used to treat infections?
A) 2000
B) 1942
C) 1920
D) 1975
  • 11. What was the title of Alexander Fleming's most famous publication?
A) On the Antibacterial Action of Cultures of a Penicillium
B) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
C) The Origin of Species
D) The Wealth of Nations
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