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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 13: "Revenge of the Germs," by what year were many viruses resistant to antibiotics, including the staph infection?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1993.

2. In Chapter 10: "Distant Thunder," the author writes that Harvey Milk was assassinated in what year?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1985.

3. The Uganda-Tanzania War took place during what years?
(a) 1967-1971.
(b) 1977-1981.
(c) 1982-1985.
(d) 1978-1979.

4. In a small village in Uganda, young women began becoming ill following sex with a traveling salesman and the disease was dubbed ______________.
(a) "Aphrodite's disease."
(b) "Rachel's disease."
(c) "Aristotle's disease."
(d) "Juliana's disease."

5. What is a nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor used for the treatment of HIV/AIDS?
(a) CTC.
(b) YAV.
(c) AZT.
(d) OMG.

6. In sociology, what is the social process of becoming or being relegated to the fringe of society?
(a) Polygamy.
(b) Martyrdom.
(c) Marginalization.
(d) Anthromigration.

7. The author notes in Chapter 16 that when humans throw off nature's balance and cause smaller diversity, what emerges?
(a) Mammals.
(b) Microbes.
(c) Birds.
(d) Fungi.

8. The Aswan High Dam was constructed during what decade?
(a) 1970s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1990s.
(d) 1980s.

9. The hantavirus was first discovered during what war?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) The Gulf War.
(d) World War I.

10. In what year did seals begin to die in mass numbers, signaling a new disease?
(a) 1965.
(b) 2004.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1994.

11. The WHO Global Program on AIDS noted three social epidemics within the biological one of AIDS. What was the first of these social epidemics?
(a) Acceptance of the plague.
(b) Denial of the plague.
(c) Repression of those with the plague.
(d) Fear of the plague.

12. When E coli 0157:H7 arrived, transmitted from contaminated meat, which argument became clear?
(a) Using pesticides.
(b) Growing fruit crops.
(c) Famine.
(d) Over-drugging farm animals.

13. What country had further issues with the AIDS epidemic in that two separate strains of the disease were erupting?
(a) Thailand.
(b) El Salvador.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

14. What was the second social epidemic noted by the WHO?
(a) Repression of those with the plague.
(b) Fear of the plague.
(c) Acceptance of the plague.
(d) Denial of the plague.

15. In Chapter 7: "N'zara," Joe McCormick was called to _____________ during his Lassa research.
(a) Kinshasha.
(b) Monrovia.
(c) Magdalena.
(d) Lusaka.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lyme disease is an emerging infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to what genus?

2. What organ does tuberculosis usually attack?

3. Chapter 9: "Microbe Magnets" explains that prior to ___________ large cities were rare, and most of the illness threats were parasitic.

4. Hantaviruses are carried by what type of animal?

5. After at least nineteen cases with twelve deaths in New Mexico, what epidemiologist began to work on the issue with the CDC?

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