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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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. Bronwyn Mawbry.
(b) Dr. Richard Siemmler.
(c) Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis.
(d) Dr. Marco Iqubal.

2. Which writer does Osterholm begin Chapter 12 with a quote from?
(a) Ted Chiang.
(b) Mary Shelly.
(c) Roy Strong.
(d) William Gibson.

3. What was the average life-expectancy in the United States in 2009?
(a) 90 years.
(b) 85 years.
(c) 80 years.
(d) 78 years.

4. Which two cities were initially on the WHO's travel alert because of SARS in 2003?
(a) Los Angeles and Hong Kong.
(b) New York and Beijing.
(c) Guangdong and Hong Kong.
(d) Chicago and Hong Kong.

5. Which advisor of Osterholm's does Osterholm remember as being particularly kind and empathetic towards him in Chapter 14?
(a) Dr. William Hausler.
(b) Dr. James Curran.
(c) Dr. Anthony Fauci.
(d) Dr. Samuel Clemens.

6. What does Osterholm say is currently the most important vector-borne virus disease that affects humans?
(a) MERS.
(b) Ebola.
(c) Dengue.
(d) Cholera.

7. Which organ did an American health care worker harbor Ebola virus in for quite a while after he had been cured of the disease?
(a) His stomach.
(b) His liver.
(c) His kidney.
(d) His eye.

8. Why did funerary practices contribute to the spread of Ebola in West Africa in 2014?
(a) Bodies were buried close to water supplies of villages.
(b) They involved extensive physical contact with dead bodies.
(c) They involved infected scarves.
(d) The involved airborne incense that had the potential to infect others.

9. What chemical that used to be commonly used to kill mosquitoes became a public health and environmental concern as the years went on?
(a) DDT.
(b) ERA.
(c) MMR.
(d) FBG.

10. What illness were doctors in cities along the Brazilian coast seeing a dramatic increase in in 2015?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Guillain-Barre.
(c) Marburg.
(d) Influenza.

11. What are the independent pieces of DNA that bacteria can sometimes share with each other?
(a) Brokers.
(b) Cones.
(c) Plasmids.
(d) Quarks.

12. How long had researchers known about the Zika virus before the 2016 outbreak?
(a) About 20 years.
(b) About 200 years.
(c) About 10 years.
(d) About 70 years.

13. Which child of Osterholm's came across her sibling's unnamed case in a medical presentation while in medical school?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Laura.
(d) Erin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a term meaning that a pathogen causes severe and fatal disease?

2. What potentially deadly diarrhea does the overuse of antibiotics put patients at risk for?

3. What possibility about Ebola was Osterholm criticized for bringing up in a 2014 op-ed in the New York Times?

4. What is the problem with the vaccine for yellow fever?

5. Where did the 2012 outbreak of MERS seem to originate?

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