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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 7 - 11).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do about 90% of malaria deaths occur in the world?
(a) America.
(b) Sub-Saharan Africa.
(c) India.
(d) The Middle East.

2. Which creature is most responsible for spreading malaria?
(a) Rats.
(b) Cats.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Bats.

3. How does Osterholm refer to vaccinations?
(a) As one rung on a ladder of protection.
(b) As the sharpest arrow in the public health quiver.
(c) As the most significant advance by humans in the twentieth century.
(d) As not nearly as important as developing new antibiotics.

4. What flu strain does Osterholm call the grandfather of bird-flu viruses?
(a) H7N4.
(b) H5N3.
(c) H5N1.
(d) H1N1.

5. Who was the director of the NIH, as mentioned by Osterholm in Chapter 10?
(a) Dr. Lucille Barnes.
(b) Dr. Marsha Hemsworth.
(c) Dr. Francis Collins.
(d) Dr. Jennifer Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the One Health movement strive to do?

2. Which Greek myth does Osterholm invoke in the beginning of Chapter 11?

3. How many Nobel Prizes have been awarded to recipients who have contributed to the fight against malaria?

4. How much does Osterholm claim the worldwide pharmaceutical industry had in revenue in 2014?

5. Who announced in the early 1980s that an AIDS vaccine would be ready within two years?

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