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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 company did Bill Gates found?
(a) Microsoft.
(b) Facebook.
(c) Zoom.
(d) Apple.

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

3. Where did Osterholm grow up?
(a) Marshall, Ohio.
(b) Walker, Wisconsin.
(c) Waukon, Iowa.
(d) New Mahoning, Pennsylvania.

4. Which organization helped to fund the development of the polio vaccine?
(a) The Children's Hospital Fund.
(b) The St. Joseph's Fund.
(c) The March of Dimes.
(d) The Clean Air Fund.

5. What flu strain does Osterholm call the grandfather of bird-flu viruses?
(a) H1N1.
(b) H5N1.
(c) H7N4.
(d) H5N3.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What was President George W. Bush's emergency plan for combating AIDS?

5. What does Osterholm say is the scariest means of transmission for a pathogen?

(see the answer key)

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