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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. What prevents some people from finishing their doses of malaria medication?
(a) It has to be taken for three days.
(b) It has to be taken for one month.
(c) It has to be taken for one week.
(d) It has to be taken for two weeks.

2. Who was the George W. Bush-era Health and Human Services Secretary Osterholm has worked closely with?
(a) Kristen Henderson.
(b) Tommy Thompson.
(c) Maria Solnar.
(d) Michael Henry.

3. On whose program did the creator of the polio vaccine announce that he was not patenting the vaccine in 1955?
(a) James Jeffrie's.
(b) Walter Winchell's.
(c) Edward R. Murrow's.
(d) Barbara Walter's.

4. What was the American infant mortality rate at the turn of the twentieth century?
(a) 20 - 30%.
(b) 10 - 20%.
(c) 40 - 50%.
(d) 60 - 70%.

5. Who introduced the term "black swan event"?
(a) Edward Jenner.
(b) John Snow.
(c) Nassim Nicholas.
(d) James Curtland.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, where does Osterholm point out there are the most microbes in the human body?

2. What is one antibiotic commonly used to threat anthrax?

3. What is one way in which a person's immune system can overreact to a pathogen?

4. What is one of the problems with the vaccine industry, according to Osterholm?

5. In 2001, what was the name of the senate building that was shut down for months due to an anthrax contamination?

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