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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 15 - 18).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 17, which doctor does Osterholm identify as one of the first to demonstrate the importance of hand-washing?
(a) Dr. Richard Siemmler.
(b) Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis.
(c) Dr. Bronwyn Mawbry.
(d) Dr. Marco Iqubal.

2. What does Osterholm say is the average time from vaccine development to public availability?
(a) About 1 year.
(b) About 3 years.
(c) About 10 years.
(d) About 15 years.

3. What disease did Edward Jenner help discover the first means of vaccination for?
(a) Measles.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Polio.
(d) Mumps.

4. Osterholm notes in Chapter 17 that in his experience, what gets acted upon is related to which of the following?
(a) What gets the right person's attention.
(b) What gets counted.
(c) What scares enough people.
(d) What gets money.

5. What does the One Health movement strive to do?
(a) Try to find new vaccines for use in the developing world.
(b) Emphasize the idea that we need to understand the health of both humans and animals to prevent human disease.
(c) Emphasize that it is the health of the individual that is the most important.
(d) Try to foster public health information-sharing between countries.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of July in 2015, what was the Korean MERS death toll?

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

3. Who introduced the term "black swan event"?

4. Which medical center in South Korea was shut down temporarily due to a MERS outbreak there in 2015?

5. What are the independent pieces of DNA that bacteria can sometimes share with each other?

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