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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. Who created the polio vaccine?
(a) Dr. Michael Riker.
(b) Dr. Edward Murrow.
(c) Dr. James Curran.
(d) Dr. Jonas Salk.

2. What can anthrax be hidden in its dried form, according to Osterholm?
(a) Cakes.
(b) Soil.
(c) Any white powder.
(d) Flowers.

3. What kind of creatures are mosquitos?
(a) Arachnids.
(b) Amphibians.
(c) Arthropods.
(d) Mammals.

4. Osterholm notes in Chapter 17 that in his experience, what gets acted upon is related to which of the following?
(a) What gets the right person's attention.
(b) What gets counted.
(c) What scares enough people.
(d) What gets money.

5. Which illness did Osterholm initially fear his son might have contracted in Chapter 14?
(a) Bacterial meningitis.
(b) Marburg.
(c) Influenza.
(d) SARS.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Osterholm say is the scariest means of transmission for a pathogen?

2. 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?

3. What are the leading causes of death today in America, according to Osterholm?

4. Which organization was focused on eradicating yellow fever as early as 1915?

5. In 2001, what was the name of the senate building that was shut down for months due to an anthrax contamination?

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