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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. Which disease did the Gates Foundation take the lead in trying to eradicate?
(a) Ebola.
(b) Dengue fever.
(c) Yellow Fever.
(d) Polio.

2. Which 2004 report summarized the scientific community's concerns about bioterrorism?
(a) The Morning Report.
(b) The Fink Report.
(c) The Teller Report.
(d) The Starkum Report.

3. Which part of Africa did the Ebola outbreak occur in in 2014?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) South.

4. How many Nobel Prizes have been awarded to recipients who have contributed to the fight against malaria?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

5. Which doctor does Osterholm begin Chapter 2 with a quote from?
(a) Dr. Jeanette Jenkins.
(b) Dr. Albert Schweitzer.
(c) Dr. Richard Hauser.
(d) Dr. Margaret Schweitzer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the serious condition that the Zika virus sometimes causes in babies?

4. What does means of transmission mean in terms of viruses?

5. Which of the following is the title of an earlier book written by Osterholm that he refers to in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What common product did Osterholm and his colleagues eventually trace the development of toxic shock syndrome to?

2. In Chapter 1, why does the CDC's Jim Curran move quickly to name the AIDS disease as it is named?

3. 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?

4. In the Introduction, what are the two metaphors for disease that Osterholm sets out for use throughout the book?

5. What is the term Osterholm uses for the process of a microbe moving from one place to another host?

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

7. What was the deadliest pandemic of the modern era?

8. In Chapter 1, what is the term Osterholm uses for an event that comes as a surprise and is a major disrupting influence on society?

9. What is the interaction between tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS?

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

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