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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 15 - 18).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language does the word chikungunya come from?
(a) Indian.
(b) Makonde.
(c) Malaysian.
(d) Swahili.

2. How did yellow fever get its name?
(a) The mosquitoes who carry it eat yellow tree leaves.
(b) It can damage the liver and cause jaundice.
(c) The mosquitoes who carry it have yellow striping on their wings.
(d) It originated near a river whose polluted water was yellow in color.

3. What kind of creatures are mosquitos?
(a) Arthropods.
(b) Arachnids.
(c) Amphibians.
(d) Mammals.

4. Who was the director of the NIH, as mentioned by Osterholm in Chapter 10?
(a) Dr. Jennifer Jones.
(b) Dr. Marsha Hemsworth.
(c) Dr. Francis Collins.
(d) Dr. Lucille Barnes.

5. Which professional was responsible for naming the HIV/AIDS virus in the early 1980s?
(a) Dr. Jennifer Riles.
(b) Dr. James Curran.
(c) Dr. Bill Foege.
(d) Dr. Michael Osterholm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do we need a new flu vaccine formula every year?

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

3. What is a term meaning that a pathogen causes severe and fatal disease?

4. Who led President Obama's Ebola response effort?

5. What was the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) known informally as when Osterholm was in medical school?

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