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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 7 - 11).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the main problems with the flu vaccine, according to Osterholm?
(a) It changes every year.
(b) It is too expensive.
(c) It can only be administered via a nasal spray.
(d) It makes one's arm very sore.

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

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

4. What was the Supreme Court Ruling in the 1905 Jacobson v. Massachusetts case?
(a) The benefit of the smallpox vaccine to public health outweighed an individual's right to refuse the vaccine.
(b) Only children with religious exemptions could be allowed not to have the smallpox vaccine.
(c) All people who wanted to travel abroad had to have the smallpox vaccine first.
(d) All children who wanted to attend public school had to have the smallpox vaccine.

5. Which family member of Osterholm's contracted the HIV virus through a blood transfusion in the 1980s?
(a) His Uncle Roman.
(b) His brother Mithchell.
(c) His Aunt Romana.
(d) His mother, Ellen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prevents some people from finishing their doses of malaria medication?

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

3. How are vector-borne diseases spread?

4. In what year was there a measles outbreak in Minnesota?

5. What brand of tampon turned out to be closely associated with cases of TSS in the 1980s?

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