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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 19 - 21).

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 Health Alexander Williams.
(c) Secretary of State Robards Jasper.
(d) Secretary of State Casper Williams.

2. About how much money is spent on AIDS vaccine research every year?
(a) About one billion dollars.
(b) About 500 million dollars.
(c) About 100 million dollars.
(d) About 10 million dollars.

3. Who is one of the leading independent journalists on public health, according to Osterholm in Chapter 16?
(a) Lola Navado.
(b) Colleen O'Mahr.
(c) Marshall Winchell.
(d) Maryn McKenna.

4. Which writer does Osterholm begin Chapter 12 with a quote from?
(a) William Gibson.
(b) Ted Chiang.
(c) Mary Shelly.
(d) Roy Strong.

5. How much of the WHO's budget does the U.S. government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation account for?
(a) 23%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 8%.
(d) 10%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What company did Bill Gates found?

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

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

4. About how much is the global influenza vaccine market worth?

5. What publication did Osterholm almost pull an op-ed he wrote about Zika from in 2016?

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