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

2. What publication did Osterholm almost pull an op-ed he wrote about Zika from in 2016?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Los Angeles Times.
(c) The Guardian.
(d) The Washington Post.

3. What is the title of the study former British Prime Minister David Cameron commissioned and mentioned to Barack Obama in 2016?
(a) Review on Pathogens of Pandemic Potential.
(b) Review on Tropical Viruses.
(c) Review on Antimicrobial Resistance.
(d) Review on Comorbidities in the Developing World.

4. What prevents some people from finishing their doses of malaria medication?
(a) It has to be taken for three days.
(b) It has to be taken for two weeks.
(c) It has to be taken for one week.
(d) It has to be taken for one month.

5. In Chapter 8, who is considered one of the founders of vaccinations?
(a) John Snow.
(b) Edward Jenner.
(c) Alexander Fleming.
(d) James Curran.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the independent pieces of DNA that bacteria can sometimes share with each other?

2. What does Osterholm say is the average time from vaccine development to public availability?

3. Which medical center in South Korea was shut down temporarily due to a MERS outbreak there in 2015?

4. 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?

5. What is one of the main problems with the flu vaccine, according to Osterholm?

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