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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14: Thirdworldization.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kent Campbell began testing whom for the Lassa virus in Chapter 4?
(a) Canadian hospital workers.
(b) German soldiers.
(c) Irish nuns.
(d) Iranian refugees.

2. What refers to compulsory isolation, typically to contain the spread of something considered dangerous, often disease?
(a) Contingency.
(b) Arbitration.
(c) Extermination.
(d) Quarantine.

3. The first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease occurred during what month in the year 1976?
(a) July.
(b) May.
(c) September.
(d) December.

4. By what year did the World Bank see the need for better health care in poorly developed countries?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1982.

5. Near what United States city is the CDC headquartered?
(a) Phoenix, AZ.
(b) Albany, NY.
(c) Atlanta, GA.
(d) Seattle, WA.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the acronym WHO stand for?

2. East and West Germany merged in what year, causing AIDS to strike fiercely?

3. Chapter 9: "Microbe Magnets" explains that prior to ___________ large cities were rare, and most of the illness threats were parasitic.

4. Where was Lily Pinneo flown after contracting the Lassa virus?

5. In molecular biology and genetics, ___________ refer to changes in a genomic sequence.

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