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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the condition that results from taking an unbalanced diet in which certain nutrients are lacking?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Malnutrition.
(c) Bulimia.
(d) Antibody.

2. Dr. Jeanette Troup was working in _____________ when an outbreak of the Lassa virus occurred.
(a) Monrovia.
(b) Jos.
(c) Kinshasha.
(d) Lusaka.

3. The first polio vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk and first tested in what year?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1960.

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

5. Bernhard Mandrella treated a coworker and sent blood which confirmed the Lassa virus to __________.
(a) The CIA.
(b) The CDC.
(c) The FBI.
(d) The WHO.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction, Laurie Garrett discusses the experiences of her uncle who was a doctor in what year?

2. What leader in infectious disease was called in to test the deadly virus against samples of thousands of viruses in his lab in Chapter 3: "Monkey Kidneys and the Ebbing Tides"?

3. The term antibiotic was coined by whom?

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

5. When the Institute of Medicine convened a panel to discuss the severity of a microbial threat to United States citizens, many critics believed that many emerging diseases were not __________, according to the author in the Introduction?

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