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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: American Bicentennial.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After his work with famine relief efforts, Uwe Brinkmann was dubbed by Germans as a __________.
(a) Federalist.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Communist.
(d) Conservative.

2. What expert of viruses at WHO was dispatched to Maridi to gather samples in Chapter 5: "Yambuku"?
(a) Paul Bres.
(b) Richard Shope.
(c) Merl Kuns.
(d) Al Wieden.

3. To what do the initials "DNA" refer?
(a) Dental nerve activity.
(b) Destructive neurological action.
(c) Deoxyribonucleic acid.
(d) Deterioration of nerve acid.

4. Jordi Casals proved that the Lassa virus was spread through ______________.
(a) Rodents.
(b) Cats.
(c) Ants.
(d) Roaches.

5. In what year was Karl Johnson in Panama when his friend, Ron MacKenzie, headed to Bolivia to investigate a disease, as described in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1974.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the worst flu epidemic in the twentieth century strike, killing millions?

2. A WHO research team discovered all the original patients of the mystery disease had handled monkeys from ___________.

3. What concept stated that as nations moved out of poverty and basic needs were met, scientists could use pharmaceutical and chemical tools to wipe out parasites, bacteria, and viruses?

4. According to the author in Chapter 2: "Health Transition," the efforts to eradicate _______ actually made the disease more rampant.

5. Maridi is a town located in what country?

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