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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 12 - 14).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did funerary practices contribute to the spread of Ebola in West Africa in 2014?
(a) Bodies were buried close to water supplies of villages.
(b) The involved airborne incense that had the potential to infect others.
(c) They involved infected scarves.
(d) They involved extensive physical contact with dead bodies.

2. What turned out to be causing the diarrheal illness in Minnesota that Osterholm investigated in 1984?
(a) Bacteria from a peanut-processing plant.
(b) Pathogens on canteloupes.
(c) Bacteria in raw milk.
(d) Pathogens on spinach.

3. What was the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) known informally as when Osterholm was in medical school?
(a) The right disease.
(b) The crown disease.
(c) The foot disease.
(d) The kissing disease.

4. Who was one of the first physicians to name and discover the SARS virus in 2003?
(a) Dr. Karen Jenkins.
(b) Dr. Hazim Nadim.
(c) Dr. Lou Chen.
(d) Dr. Carlo Urbani.

5. What kind of virus are both the MERS and SARS viruses?
(a) Prions.
(b) Hemorrhagic fevers.
(c) Coronaviruses.
(d) Influenza.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, Osterholm emphasizes that anthrax is not which of the following kinds of diseases?

2. In which part of Minnesota did Osterholm investigate an outbreak of diarrheal illness in 1984?

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

4. What language does the word chikungunya come from?

5. Which public health organization or government agency is in charge of mosquito control today, according to Osterholm?

(see the answer key)

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