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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. What are the leading causes of death today in America, according to Osterholm?
(a) Heart disease and cancer.
(b) Car accidents.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Bacterial infections.

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

3. Which organization helped to fund the development of the polio vaccine?
(a) The Clean Air Fund.
(b) The March of Dimes.
(c) The Children's Hospital Fund.
(d) The St. Joseph's Fund.

4. Who created the polio vaccine?
(a) Dr. Michael Riker.
(b) Dr. Edward Murrow.
(c) Dr. Jonas Salk.
(d) Dr. James Curran.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Osterholm identify as the first pathogen of pandemic potential in Chapter 4?

2. Which advisor of Osterholm's does Osterholm remember as being particularly kind and empathetic towards him in Chapter 14?

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

4. Why did President Nixon curtail the American offensive bioprogram in 1969?

5. What are bacteriophages?

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