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