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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 the nickname some in the media started giving to Osterholm?
(a) Bad News Mike.
(b) Mike the Smart.
(c) Mike the Tank.
(d) Mike the Great.

2. Which of the following is the title of an earlier book written by Osterholm that he refers to in Chapter 8?
(a) Toxic Shock and its Aftermath.
(b) Finding the Cure.
(c) Living Terrors.
(d) Pathogens of Pandemic Potential.

3. About how much money is spent on AIDS vaccine research every year?
(a) About 500 million dollars.
(b) About one billion dollars.
(c) About 10 million dollars.
(d) About 100 million dollars.

4. Who announced in the early 1980s that an AIDS vaccine would be ready within two years?
(a) Secretary of State Casper Williams.
(b) Secretary of Health Alexander Williams.
(c) Secretary of State Robards Jasper.
(d) Secretary of Health Margaret Heckler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the George W. Bush-era Health and Human Services Secretary Osterholm has worked closely with?

2. On whose program did the creator of the polio vaccine announce that he was not patenting the vaccine in 1955?

3. In Chapter 2, what does Osterholm say is NOT part of the public health agenda?

4. Who was the director of the NIH, as mentioned by Osterholm in Chapter 10?

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

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