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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. What process for killing bacteria is Louis Pasteur famous for discovering?
(a) Variation.
(b) Pasteurization.
(c) Sterilization.
(d) Mobilization.

2. Which doctor does Osterholm begin Chapter 2 with a quote from?
(a) Dr. Albert Schweitzer.
(b) Dr. Jeanette Jenkins.
(c) Dr. Margaret Schweitzer.
(d) Dr. Richard Hauser.

3. What is the serious condition that the Zika virus sometimes causes in babies?
(a) Paralysis.
(b) Blindness.
(c) Microcephaly.
(d) Epilepsy.

4. In 2014, how many air passengers flew between the United States and the rest of the world?
(a) 100 million.
(b) 50 million.
(c) 186 million.
(d) 300 million.

5. 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. James Curran.
(c) Dr. Lauren Collins.
(d) Dr. Deborah Hinkle.

Short Answer Questions

1. The use of which of the following pathogens shut down a major senate office building in 2001?

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

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

4. What type of pneumonia did doctors begin to see in early HIV/AIDS patients?

5. When did Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans?

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