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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17: Searching for Solutions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in 1976 forced through the bills regarding _____________.
(a) Malaria.
(b) The Black Typhus.
(c) Toxic Shock Syndrome.
(d) Swine Flu.

2. Who was on the team that Patricia Webb built to travel to Yambuku?
(a) Selman Waksman.
(b) Uwe Brinkmann.
(c) Joel Breman.
(d) Johnathan Mann.

3. In what year was Joe McCormick in Brazil overseeing a massive meningitis outbreak?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1981.

4. How many deaths were reported from the first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease in 1976?
(a) 328.
(b) 34.
(c) 173.
(d) 92.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. Laurie Garrett researched for The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance as a fellow at what institution?

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

4. In what year did the Great Plague hit London?

5. What does PID refer to?

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