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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 7 - 11).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who announced in the early 1980s that an AIDS vaccine would be ready within two years?
(a) Secretary of Health Margaret Heckler.
(b) Secretary of State Robards Jasper.
(c) Secretary of Health Alexander Williams.
(d) Secretary of State Casper Williams.

2. Which organization helped to fund the development of the polio vaccine?
(a) The St. Joseph's Fund.
(b) The March of Dimes.
(c) The Clean Air Fund.
(d) The Children's Hospital Fund.

3. What is the premise that the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is based on, as Osterholm explains it in Chapter 9?
(a) Everyone has a right to vaccinations.
(b) All lives have equal value.
(c) Money is not worth anything if it is not helping people.
(d) We all need to work together to make the world a healthier place.

4. Which 2004 report summarized the scientific community's concerns about bioterrorism?
(a) The Starkum Report.
(b) The Morning Report.
(c) The Fink Report.
(d) The Teller Report.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do about 90% of malaria deaths occur in the world?

2. Which chemical did the U.S. Army issue to personnel stationed in areas where there were many mosquitoes?

3. What kind of graph do epidemiologists use to try to figure out what threats they should be worrying about in public health?

4. What is one antibiotic commonly used to threat anthrax?

5. What was the 1918 flu epidemic commonly known as?

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