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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 does Osterholm identify as the first pathogen of pandemic potential in Chapter 4?
(a) Penicillin.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Marburg.
(d) Coronavirus.

2. What is one of the two metaphors Osterholm uses for fighting viruses throughout the book?
(a) Envy.
(b) Famine.
(c) War.
(d) Pestilence.

3. What bestelling book did Richard Preston write in 1994?
(a) OUtbreak.
(b) The Shining.
(c) Contagion.
(d) The Hot Zone.

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

5. In Chapter 6, Osterholm emphasizes that anthrax is not which of the following kinds of diseases?
(a) Amorphous.
(b) Communicable.
(c) Stable.
(d) Hemorrhagic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who announced in the early 1980s that an AIDS vaccine would be ready within two years?

2. In what year did the CDC recommended universal HIV screening?

3. When did Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans?

4. What kind of graph do epidemiologists use to try to figure out what threats they should be worrying about in public health?

5. What was the average life-expectancy in the United States in the year 1900?

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