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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What designer put a twenty-five foot Bassett hound on the roof of his Hollywood store, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) Isaac Mizrahi.
(b) Joel Fitzgerald.
(c) Oscar de la Renta.
(d) John Bartlett.

2. The author states that the tipping point for Hush Puppies Shoes came between what years?
(a) 1987-1988.
(b) 1961-1962.
(c) 1994-1995.
(d) 1958-1959.

3. What does HIV stand for?
(a) Human inter-biotic virus.
(b) Heliocentric immunodeficiency virus.
(c) Hyper intensive virus.
(d) Human immunodeficiency virus.

4. What researcher from Johns Hopkins University blames the syphilis epidemic in Baltimore on the breakdown of medical services in the city’s poorest neighborhoods, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) John Zenilman.
(b) John Bartlett.
(c) John Potterat.
(d) Darnell McGee.

5. When did Gaeton Dugas die?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1989.

Short Answer Questions

1. What leading epidemiologist theorizes that the syphilis epidemic in Baltimore was caused by the diminishing of public housing?

2. What does the author consider to be the first of the three rules of epidemics?

3. The author states in Chapter 1 that what year span saw the number of children in Baltimore born with syphilis spike considerably?

4. Darnell McGee is known to have infected over how many people with HIV?

5. Darnell McGee admitted sexual relations with how many people after he knew he carried HIV?

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