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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 12 - 14).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two cities were initially on the WHO's travel alert because of SARS in 2003?
(a) Los Angeles and Hong Kong.
(b) New York and Beijing.
(c) Chicago and Hong Kong.
(d) Guangdong and Hong Kong.

2. Who announced in the early 1980s that an AIDS vaccine would be ready within two years?
(a) Secretary of Health Alexander Williams.
(b) Secretary of State Robards Jasper.
(c) Secretary of Health Margaret Heckler.
(d) Secretary of State Casper Williams.

3. When did Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans?
(a) August 15, 2005.
(b) September 15, 2006.
(c) August 29, 2005.
(d) September 28, 2006.

4. In what year was there a measles outbreak in Minnesota?
(a) 1985.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1991.

5. In Chapter 6, Osterholm emphasizes that anthrax is not which of the following kinds of diseases?
(a) Amorphous.
(b) Communicable.
(c) Stable.
(d) Hemorrhagic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what American city did one case of Ebola send shockwaves in 2015?

2. Which doctor does Osterholm begin Chapter 2 with a quote from?

3. When was Dengue first identified?

4. Which advisor of Osterholm's does Osterholm remember as being particularly kind and empathetic towards him in Chapter 14?

5. Which doctor was responsible for figuring out the source of a cholera outbreak in London in the 1850s?

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