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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4: "Into the Woods," the author writes that Uwe Brinkmann, Bernhard Mandrella, Adam Cargill, and three nurses were taken to an isolated facility in which location?
(a) Germany.
(b) New York.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Spain.

2. With the first signs of the AIDS epidemic, the CDC quickly created a quiet division to work on the problem, while who traveled to see San Fransisco first hand in Chapter 11: "Hatari: Vinidogodogo"?
(a) Friedrich Miescher.
(b) Lily Pinneo.
(c) Merl Kuns.
(d) Harold Jaffe.

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

4. Some bacteria began using spore formation to defend against antibiotics, and this worked well against ___________.
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Citric acid.
(c) Chlorine.
(d) DDT.

5. Karl Johnson's team realized that in San Joaquin, there were no ________ as a result of DDT spraying in Chapter 1: "Machupo."
(a) Owls.
(b) Eagles.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country had further issues with the AIDS epidemic in that two separate strains of the disease were erupting?

2. Peter Piot at CDC processed the samples sent to him in Chapter 5: "Yambuku," and tests showed the virus was neither ________________ nor anything else they had seen.

3. In the beginning of Chapter 5: "Yambuku," the author describes a man in Yambuku who was treated for an illness like _____________.

4. In China, the use of what drug was encouraging AIDS to spread, according to the author in Chapter 14?

5. E faecium became resistant to which last available antibiotic?

(see the answer key)

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