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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 12 - 14).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which organ did an American health care worker harbor Ebola virus in for quite a while after he had been cured of the disease?
(a) His kidney.
(b) His liver.
(c) His eye.
(d) His stomach.

2. Why did President Nixon curtail the American offensive bioprogram in 1969?
(a) He thought his political opponents would use it against him.
(b) His Secretary of Dense advised him to shut it down.
(c) He thought it could not achieve any military advantage.
(d) He thought it cost too much.

3. What is the serious condition that the Zika virus sometimes causes in babies?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Paralysis.
(d) Microcephaly.

4. in 2014, how many people worldwide died from AIDS?
(a) 1.2 million.
(b) 5 million.
(c) 8 million.
(d) 3.4 million.

5. Which doctor isolated the MERS virus in the 2012 outbreak?
(a) Dr. Ali Mohammed Zaki.
(b) Dr. Carlo Urbani.
(c) Dr. Anne Schuchat.
(d) Dr. James Curran.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, named for?

2. How many West African children were orphaned by the Ebola outbreak in 2014?

3. What kind of creatures are mosquitos?

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

5. What syndrome did Osterholm do extensive work on in the early 1980s?

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