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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Introduction - Chapter 6).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the head of the first meeting Osterholm attended about the HIV/AIDS epidemic, before doctors knew what they were dealing with?
(a) Dr. Michael Redfield.
(b) Dr. Deborah Hinkle.
(c) Dr. James Curran.
(d) Dr. Lauren Collins.

2. What turned out to be causing the diarrheal illness in Minnesota that Osterholm investigated in 1984?
(a) Pathogens on canteloupes.
(b) Pathogens on spinach.
(c) Bacteria from a peanut-processing plant.
(d) Bacteria in raw milk.

3. What was the average life-expectancy in the United States in the year 1900?
(a) 70 years.
(b) 60 years.
(c) 62 years.
(d) 48 years.

4. What was the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) known informally as when Osterholm was in medical school?
(a) The right disease.
(b) The foot disease.
(c) The kissing disease.
(d) The crown disease.

5. What type of pneumonia did doctors begin to see in early HIV/AIDS patients?
(a) Pneumocystis carinii.
(b) Marshall Island pneumonia.
(c) Stases pneumonia.
(d) Complex pneumonia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans?

3. What organization did Osterholm found at the University of Minnesota?

4. In Chapter 5, where does Osterholm point out there are the most microbes in the human body?

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

(see the answer key)

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