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

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

3. Which doctor was responsible for figuring out the source of a cholera outbreak in London in the 1850s?
(a) Edward Jenner.
(b) John Snow.
(c) Alexander Fleming.
(d) Marshall Robards.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On whose program did the creator of the polio vaccine announce that he was not patenting the vaccine in 1955?

2. What was the American infant mortality rate at the turn of the twentieth century?

3. In Chapter 8, who is considered one of the founders of vaccinations?

4. In what year was there a measles outbreak in Minnesota?

5. What does the One Health movement strive to do?

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