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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. What is one of the problems with the vaccine industry, according to Osterholm?
(a) Companies can not usually make money on vaccines.
(b) Some vaccines become contaminated easily, so there is a lot of waste.
(c) More people do not want to take vaccines, so it is less profitable to make them.
(d) It is difficult for companies to predict the need for a particular vaccine.

2. What does Osterholm identify as the first pathogen of pandemic potential in Chapter 4?
(a) Marburg.
(b) Penicillin.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Coronavirus.

3. Who was one of the first physicians to name and discover the SARS virus in 2003?
(a) Dr. Carlo Urbani.
(b) Dr. Karen Jenkins.
(c) Dr. Hazim Nadim.
(d) Dr. Lou Chen.

4. What does means of transmission mean in terms of viruses?
(a) The way viruses are taken over by other viruses.
(b) The way a virus dies.
(c) The way a virus gets from one place to another.
(d) The way a virus is prevented by a vaccine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the premise that the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is based on, as Osterholm explains it in Chapter 9?

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

3. What turned out to be causing the diarrheal illness in Minnesota that Osterholm investigated in 1984?

4. What can anthrax be hidden in its dried form, according to Osterholm?

5. Which Greek myth does Osterholm invoke in the beginning of Chapter 11?

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