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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 was the average life-expectancy in the United States in the year 1900?
(a) 70 years.
(b) 48 years.
(c) 62 years.
(d) 60 years.

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

3. How much does Osterholm claim the worldwide pharmaceutical industry had in revenue in 2014?
(a) More than $1 billion.
(b) About $500 billion.
(c) More than $1 trillion.
(d) About $50 billion.

4. What are the unchanging features of a virus called?
(a) Static.
(b) Stalked.
(c) Conserved.
(d) Stable.

5. What was President George W. Bush's emergency plan for combating AIDS?
(a) PEPFAR.
(b) PENSIVE.
(c) MORTAT.
(d) LARGEN.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which doctor does Osterholm begin Chapter 2 with a quote from?

2. What kind of graph do epidemiologists use to try to figure out what threats they should be worrying about in public health?

3. What is one of the two metaphors Osterholm uses for fighting viruses throughout the book?

4. Which 2004 report summarized the scientific community's concerns about bioterrorism?

5. Which Greek myth does Osterholm invoke in the beginning of Chapter 11?

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