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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. How does Osterholm refer to vaccinations?
(a) As not nearly as important as developing new antibiotics.
(b) As one rung on a ladder of protection.
(c) As the most significant advance by humans in the twentieth century.
(d) As the sharpest arrow in the public health quiver.

2. Which of the following is widely used to grow vaccines?
(a) Yeast.
(b) Water.
(c) Algae.
(d) Eggs.

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 Antimicrobial Resistance.
(b) Review on Tropical Viruses.
(c) Review on Pathogens of Pandemic Potential.
(d) Review on Comorbidities in the Developing World.

4. In Chapter 14, what does Osterholm's father do that devastates Osterholm?
(a) Injures Osterholm's sister.
(b) Injures Osterholm's mother.
(c) Injures Osterholm so that he can not play sports any longer.
(d) Destroys some of Osterholm's lab equipment.

5. What are the leading causes of death today in America, according to Osterholm?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Heart disease and cancer.
(c) Bacterial infections.
(d) Car accidents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flu strain does Osterholm call the grandfather of bird-flu viruses?

2. Who led President Obama's Ebola response effort?

3. Who was the George W. Bush-era Health and Human Services Secretary Osterholm has worked closely with?

4. Which child of Osterholm's came across her sibling's unnamed case in a medical presentation while in medical school?

5. In which North American city did a SARS outbreak occur in 2003?

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