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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 is the premise that the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is based on, as Osterholm explains it in Chapter 9?
(a) We all need to work together to make the world a healthier place.
(b) All lives have equal value.
(c) Everyone has a right to vaccinations.
(d) Money is not worth anything if it is not helping people.

2. What type of antibiotic use on some large chicken farms in India is of particular concern for scientists studying the rise of drug-resistant microbes?
(a) The off-label uses of antibiotics on chicken farms.
(b) The under-dosing of antibiotics for sick chickens.
(c) The super-dosing of the strongest antibiotics we have.
(d) Antibiotic cocktails that combine the strong drug colistin with several others.

3. Which animal does Osterholm think helped spread MERS to humans?
(a) Cats.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Camels.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which child of Osterholm's came across her sibling's unnamed case in a medical presentation while in medical school?

2. What are the leading causes of death today in America, according to Osterholm?

3. Which organ did an American health care worker harbor Ebola virus in for quite a while after he had been cured of the disease?

4. Which 2004 report summarized the scientific community's concerns about bioterrorism?

5. What was the American infant mortality rate at the turn of the twentieth century?

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