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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 19 - 21).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many new influenza vaccines are being developed in Chapter 20?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 19.

2. Where was Zika virus first detected?
(a) In a pangolin in a village near the Zika River in 1956.
(b) In a rhesus monkey in the Zika Forest in Uganda in 1947.
(c) In a toddler in a village near the Zika River in 1960.
(d) In a civet in the Chinese province of Zika in 1956.

3. Where did the 2012 outbreak of MERS seem to originate?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Israel.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

4. What word does Osterholm deliberately use when discussing the use of new antibiotics throughout history?
(a) Inventions.
(b) Stumbles.
(c) Serendipity.
(d) Discoveries.

5. Where do the mosquitoes that carried the illness that affected Osterholm's son in Chapter 14 usually live?
(a) Tree holes.
(b) Marshes.
(c) Deserts.
(d) Standing puddles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are bacteriophages?

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

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

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

5. Where does Dr. Sean Wasserman worry there might be another yellow fever outbreak in the near future?

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