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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. What is the United Nations' target date for ending the AIDS epidemic?
(a) 2040.
(b) 2045.
(c) 2030.
(d) 2025.

2. Where does Osterholm's pandemic flu originate?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Mumbai.
(d) Beijing.

3. Who was the director of the NIH, as mentioned by Osterholm in Chapter 10?
(a) Dr. Marsha Hemsworth.
(b) Dr. Francis Collins.
(c) Dr. Jennifer Jones.
(d) Dr. Lucille Barnes.

4. What kind of farms are culled in Shanghai and Hong Kong in Chapter 19?
(a) Pig.
(b) Strawberry.
(c) Poultry.
(d) Fish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Steward Simonson join the Health and Human Services Department?

2. Where did the 2012 outbreak of MERS seem to originate?

3. What word does Osterholm deliberately use when discussing the use of new antibiotics throughout history?

4. Who succeeded Tommy Thompson as Health and Human Services director?

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

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