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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author’s sources, how many patients visited Baltimore’s sexually transmitted disease clinics in the year from 1990-1991?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 62,000.
(c) 36,000.
(d) 29,000.

2. What is the name of the company that produces Hush Puppies Shoes?
(a) Entourage.
(b) Peppermill.
(c) Adidas.
(d) Wolverine.

3. How many people admitted to witnessing the murder of Kitty Genovese?
(a) 12.
(b) 41.
(c) 16.
(d) 38.

4. The author states that the tipping point for Hush Puppies Shoes came between what years?
(a) 1994-1995.
(b) 1987-1988.
(c) 1961-1962.
(d) 1958-1959.

5. What does the author consider to be the third of the three rules of epidemics?
(a) The Law of the Few.
(b) The Law of the Many.
(c) The Stickiness Factor.
(d) The Power of Context.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death in what neighborhood of Queens, New York?

2. Darnell McGee admitted sexual relations with how many people after he knew he carried HIV?

3. What designer put a twenty-five foot Bassett hound on the roof of his Hollywood store, according to the author in the Introduction?

4. The author points out that the outbreak of syphilis in Baltimore slowed during what season?

5. Darnell McGee is known to have infected over how many people with HIV?

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