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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 type of pneumonia did doctors begin to see in early HIV/AIDS patients?
(a) Stases pneumonia.
(b) Complex pneumonia.
(c) Pneumocystis carinii.
(d) Marshall Island pneumonia.

2. What disease did Edward Jenner help discover the first means of vaccination for?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Mumps.
(c) Polio.
(d) Measles.

3. in 2014, how many people worldwide died from AIDS?
(a) 3.4 million.
(b) 5 million.
(c) 1.2 million.
(d) 8 million.

4. In what American city did one case of Ebola send shockwaves in 2015?
(a) San Francisco, California.
(b) Dallas, Texas.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

5. What group did congress establish in 2006 to help provide a good approach to vaccine development?
(a) The Medical Research and Vaccine Group.
(b) The Vaccine and Public Health Authority.
(c) The Jonas Salk Institute for Medical Advancement.
(d) The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which part of Africa did the Ebola outbreak occur in in 2014?

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

4. What is one aspect Osterholm identifies as favorable for virus transmission in his "current world conditions" category in Chapter 8?

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

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