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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who introduced the term "black swan event"?

2. What flu strain does Osterholm call the grandfather of bird-flu viruses?

3. In what American city did one case of Ebola send shockwaves in 2015?

4. What is one of the main problems with the flu vaccine, according to Osterholm?

5. On whose program did the creator of the polio vaccine announce that he was not patenting the vaccine in 1955?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Osterholm's opinion, how do our influenza vaccines need to change?

2. What are some of the current world conditions Osterholm identifies as aiding the transmission of diseases?

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

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

5. In Chapter 4, what does Osterholm reveal as what he thinks is the probable cause of the world's next pandemic?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Osterholm, what are some of the benefits of having people outside of the fields of medicine and public health, like Ron Klain and Lord Jim O'Neill, manage global health responses, programs, and/or initiatives? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 13, what is Osterholm's opinion about Dr. Carlo Urbani, the Italian doctor who first identified SARS as the deadly pathogen it is? What are some of the personal and professional attributes Urbani demonstrated that informed Osterholm's opinion of him? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 3

According to Osterholm, what is the relationship between widespread antibiotic use in livestock and the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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