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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 19 - 21).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many new influenza vaccines are being developed in Chapter 20?
(a) 25.
(b) 10.
(c) 19.
(d) 5.

2. In the 1918 flu epidemic, which population suffered a disproportionately high number of deaths?
(a) Young people.
(b) Old people.
(c) Spanish people.
(d) Women.

3. Why did President Nixon curtail the American offensive bioprogram in 1969?
(a) His Secretary of Dense advised him to shut it down.
(b) He thought his political opponents would use it against him.
(c) He thought it could not achieve any military advantage.
(d) He thought it cost too much.

4. Which writer does Osterholm open Chapter 21 with a quote from?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Jane Eyre.

5. What was President George W. Bush's emergency plan for combating AIDS?
(a) PENSIVE.
(b) MORTAT.
(c) PEPFAR.
(d) LARGEN.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Osterholm grow up?

2. What drug did some of the birth defects caused by the Zika virus remind some health care professionals of that had also caused birth defects?

3. Which creature is most responsible for spreading malaria?

4. What can the average citizen do to try to help improve our public health capabilities, according to Osterholm?

5. Which family member of Osterholm's contracted the HIV virus through a blood transfusion in the 1980s?

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