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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Introduction - Chapter 6).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bestelling book did Richard Preston write in 1994?
(a) Contagion.
(b) OUtbreak.
(c) The Shining.
(d) The Hot Zone.

2. What type of pneumonia did doctors begin to see in early HIV/AIDS patients?
(a) Marshall Island pneumonia.
(b) Pneumocystis carinii.
(c) Stases pneumonia.
(d) Complex pneumonia.

3. What syndrome did Osterholm do extensive work on in the early 1980s?
(a) Toxic Shock Syndrome.
(b) Melliflu's Syndrome.
(c) Marburg Syndrome.
(d) Heisenberg's Syndrome.

4. What is the serious condition that the Zika virus sometimes causes in babies?
(a) Microcephaly.
(b) Paralysis.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Blindness.

5. Who was the head of the first meeting Osterholm attended about the HIV/AIDS epidemic, before doctors knew what they were dealing with?
(a) Dr. Deborah Hinkle.
(b) Dr. James Curran.
(c) Dr. Lauren Collins.
(d) Dr. Michael Redfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2014, how many air passengers flew between the United States and the rest of the world?

2. Which doctor does Osterholm begin Chapter 2 with a quote from?

3. Where did Osterholm grow up?

4. What process for killing bacteria is Louis Pasteur famous for discovering?

5. In which part of Minnesota did Osterholm investigate an outbreak of diarrheal illness in 1984?

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