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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. What type of pneumonia did doctors begin to see in early HIV/AIDS patients?
(a) Marshall Island pneumonia.
(b) Stases pneumonia.
(c) Pneumocystis carinii.
(d) Complex pneumonia.

2. In Chapter 14, what does Osterholm's father do that devastates Osterholm?
(a) Injures Osterholm's mother.
(b) Destroys some of Osterholm's lab equipment.
(c) Injures Osterholm's sister.
(d) Injures Osterholm so that he can not play sports any longer.

3. How are vector-borne diseases spread?
(a) Through the water.
(b) By blood.
(c) By mosquitoes, ticks and flies.
(d) By humans.

4. What possibility about Ebola was Osterholm criticized for bringing up in a 2014 op-ed in the New York Times?
(a) That it could mutate to become airborne.
(b) That it could mutate to become more lethal to middle-aged people.
(c) That it could mutate to become more lethal to children.
(d) That it could mutate to become more lethal to older people.

5. Which writer does Osterholm begin Chapter 12 with a quote from?
(a) Ted Chiang.
(b) Mary Shelly.
(c) William Gibson.
(d) Roy Strong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does the word chikungunya come from?

2. Which chemical did the U.S. Army issue to personnel stationed in areas where there were many mosquitoes?

3. How many Nobel Prizes have been awarded to recipients who have contributed to the fight against malaria?

4. What is one aspect Osterholm identifies as favorable for virus transmission in his "current world conditions" category in Chapter 8?

5. in 2014, how many people worldwide died from AIDS?

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