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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what year did the World Bank see the need for better health care in poorly developed countries?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1975.

2. In Chapter 11: "Hatari: Vinidogodogo," where were the doctors following a particularly virulent strain of herpes?
(a) Lagos.
(b) Kinshasha.
(c) Magdalena.
(d) Lusaka.

3. Kaposi's sarcoma was originally described by Moritz Kaposi in what year?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1842.

4. An epidemic of what disease proved that the United States was in rough shape and in need of timely vaccinations?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Dengue fever.
(c) Measles.
(d) Schistosomiasis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Aswan High Dam is an embankment dam situated across what river?

2. The WHO Global Program on AIDS noted three social epidemics within the biological one of AIDS. What was the first of these social epidemics?

3. What is a virus that is duplicated in a host cell using the reverse transcriptase enzyme to produce DNA from its RNA genome?

4. When E coli 0157:H7 arrived, transmitted from contaminated meat, which argument became clear?

5. East and West Germany merged in what year, causing AIDS to strike fiercely?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to the epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases amongst the gay community?

2. What impact did AIDS have in India?

3. How does the author describe the correlation between tampons and outbreaks of TSS in Chapter 12?

4. With whom did Joe McCormick meet to discuss the Lassa virus? What was this relationship like?

5. How does the author correlate the development of urban centers to the growth of disease in Chapter 9: "Microbe Magnets"?

6. What was the impact of antibiotics given to animals, as discussed in Chapter 13: "Revenge of the Germs"?

7. What was the message delivered by Johnathan Mann in Chapter 14: "Thirdworldization"? To whom did he speak?

8. How does the author describe the evolution of staph infections in Chapter 13: "Revenge of the Germs"?

9. What was the CDC's response to the initial outbreak of AIDS? Where had similar cases been seen?

10. How does the author describe the outbreak of Lyme disease? How did human interaction impact the disease?

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