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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 brand of tampon turned out to be closely associated with cases of TSS in the 1980s?
(a) Protect.
(b) Be Free.
(c) Assure.
(d) Rely.

2. Who introduced the term "black swan event"?
(a) James Curtland.
(b) Edward Jenner.
(c) Nassim Nicholas.
(d) John Snow.

3. What is one way in which a person's immune system can overreact to a pathogen?
(a) By producing a cytokine storm.
(b) By producing cancer cells.
(c) By cutting back production of microbiome cells.
(d) By producing too many red blood cells.

4. In which part of Minnesota did Osterholm investigate an outbreak of diarrheal illness in 1984?
(a) Minneapolis.
(b) Brainerd.
(c) Willow.
(d) Framewood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What company did Bill Gates found?

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

3. Where did Osterholm grow up?

4. What process for killing bacteria is Louis Pasteur famous for discovering?

5. What does the One Health movement strive to do?

(see the answer key)

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