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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. How does Osterholm refer to vaccinations?
(a) As not nearly as important as developing new antibiotics.
(b) As one rung on a ladder of protection.
(c) As the most significant advance by humans in the twentieth century.
(d) As the sharpest arrow in the public health quiver.

2. In what American city did one case of Ebola send shockwaves in 2015?
(a) Dallas, Texas.
(b) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(c) San Francisco, California.
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

3. 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 is prevented by a vaccine.
(c) The way a virus dies.
(d) The way a virus gets from one place to another.

4. Which part of Africa did the Ebola outbreak occur in in 2014?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) South.

5. In 2014, how many air passengers flew between the United States and the rest of the world?
(a) 50 million.
(b) 100 million.
(c) 300 million.
(d) 186 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the title of an earlier book written by Osterholm that he refers to in Chapter 8?

2. What is one way in which a person's immune system can overreact to a pathogen?

3. In Chapter 2, what does Osterholm say is NOT part of the public health agenda?

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

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

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