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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 syndrome did Osterholm do extensive work on in the early 1980s?
(a) Toxic Shock Syndrome.
(b) Marburg Syndrome.
(c) Melliflu's Syndrome.
(d) Heisenberg's Syndrome.

2. Who created the polio vaccine?
(a) Dr. Jonas Salk.
(b) Dr. Edward Murrow.
(c) Dr. James Curran.
(d) Dr. Michael Riker.

3. Why do we need a new flu vaccine formula every year?
(a) The scientists who formulate the new vaccine every year would be out of a job if they only had to do one vaccine every ten years.
(b) Flu vaccine expires quickly.
(c) Flu viruses transmitted between humans are unstable, and they mutate easily.
(d) The pharmaceutical companies can not store enough vaccine for several years at a time.

4. What are bacteriophages?
(a) Bacteria that have been altered in labs to target viruses.
(b) Bateria that eat only iron.
(c) Viruses that can infect and kill certain bacteria.
(d) Bacteria that have been extinct for a long time.

5. In Chapter 14, what does Osterholm's father do that devastates Osterholm?
(a) Destroys some of Osterholm's lab equipment.
(b) Injures Osterholm so that he can not play sports any longer.
(c) Injures Osterholm's mother.
(d) Injures Osterholm's sister.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans?

3. What is one antibiotic commonly used to threat anthrax?

4. Who was the director of the NIH, as mentioned by Osterholm in Chapter 10?

5. What potentially deadly diarrhea does the overuse of antibiotics put patients at risk for?

(see the answer key)

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