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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 United Nations' target date for ending the AIDS epidemic?
(a) 2040.
(b) 2045.
(c) 2025.
(d) 2030.

2. Where do about 90% of malaria deaths occur in the world?
(a) The Middle East.
(b) India.
(c) Sub-Saharan Africa.
(d) America.

3. What was the 1918 flu epidemic commonly known as?
(a) The War Flu.
(b) The Spanish Flu.
(c) The Italian Flu.
(d) The British Flu.

4. How many people does the WHO estimate might be infected with latent tuberculosis?
(a) About 500 million people.
(b) About one-third of the world's population.
(c) About half of the world's population.
(d) About 1 billion people.

5. How many Nobel Prizes have been awarded to recipients who have contributed to the fight against malaria?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname some in the media started giving to Osterholm?

2. Which family member of Osterholm's contracted the HIV virus through a blood transfusion in the 1980s?

3. What disease did Edward Jenner help discover the first means of vaccination for?

4. The use of which of the following pathogens shut down a major senate office building in 2001?

5. Which doctor was responsible for figuring out the source of a cholera outbreak in London in the 1850s?

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