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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What process for killing bacteria is Louis Pasteur famous for discovering?
(a) Pasteurization.
(b) Sterilization.
(c) Variation.
(d) Mobilization.

2. Who was the head of the first meeting Osterholm attended about the HIV/AIDS epidemic, before doctors knew what they were dealing with?
(a) Dr. Lauren Collins.
(b) Dr. Deborah Hinkle.
(c) Dr. Michael Redfield.
(d) Dr. James Curran.

3. What is the nickname some in the media started giving to Osterholm?
(a) Bad News Mike.
(b) Mike the Tank.
(c) Mike the Great.
(d) Mike the Smart.

4. Who introduced the term "black swan event"?
(a) Edward Jenner.
(b) James Curtland.
(c) John Snow.
(d) Nassim Nicholas.

5. Which chemical did the U.S. Army issue to personnel stationed in areas where there were many mosquitoes?
(a) Permethrin.
(b) Lechthin.
(c) Liathin.
(d) Estrogen.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans?

2. Which creature is most responsible for spreading malaria?

3. Who was the George W. Bush-era Health and Human Services Secretary Osterholm has worked closely with?

4. What is the United Nations' target date for ending the AIDS epidemic?

5. Which former president of Harvard University does Osterholm quote in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Osterholm view as the scariest means of transmission for microbes, and why?

2. What are two major diseases the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has put large amounts of money into developing vaccines for?

3. Why was Dr. Jonas Salk such a hero to so many parents in the 1950s?

4. Why was John Snow's work so important in the 1800s?

5. What were the two relatively rare conditions doctors began seeing in patients at the outset of the AIDS epidemic?

6. How was Osterholm personally affected by the AIDS epidemic?

7. What is one of the reasons human are at a disadvantage to microbes?

8. In Chapter 10, what kind of flu strain is Osterholm particularly worried about?

9. What is one sometimes fatal reaction the human body has to microbes, especially in those with strong immune systems?

10. Who is considered one of the first creators of the vaccine, and what illness did this person discover the earliest form of the vaccine for?

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