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

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

3. Where did the 2012 outbreak of MERS seem to originate?
(a) Israel.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Egypt.

4. Which quote does the fictional U.S. president use, from another U.S. president, in Chapter 19?
(a) The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
(b) Win one for the Gipper.
(c) Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
(d) The buck stops here.

5. How many people does the WHO estimate might be infected with latent tuberculosis?
(a) About 1 billion people.
(b) About one-third of the world's population.
(c) About half of the world's population.
(d) About 500 million people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which family member of Osterholm's contracted the HIV virus through a blood transfusion in the 1980s?

2. Who introduced the term "black swan event"?

3. What was President George W. Bush's emergency plan for combating AIDS?

4. Which advisor of Osterholm's does Osterholm remember as being particularly kind and empathetic towards him in Chapter 14?

5. Which organization was focused on eradicating yellow fever as early as 1915?

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