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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. 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.

2. What syndrome did Osterholm do extensive work on in the early 1980s?
(a) Melliflu's Syndrome.
(b) Toxic Shock Syndrome.
(c) Marburg Syndrome.
(d) Heisenberg's Syndrome.

3. Which public health organization or government agency is in charge of mosquito control today, according to Osterholm?
(a) The Department of Agriculture.
(b) The Department of Homeland Security.
(c) Health and Human Services.
(d) Not one.

4. What does means of transmission mean in terms of viruses?
(a) The way a virus dies.
(b) The way viruses are taken over by other viruses.
(c) The way a virus gets from one place to another.
(d) The way a virus is prevented by a vaccine.

5. Where did the 2012 outbreak of MERS seem to originate?
(a) Israel.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which advisor of Osterholm's does Osterholm remember as being particularly kind and empathetic towards him in Chapter 14?

3. Which medical center in South Korea was shut down temporarily due to a MERS outbreak there in 2015?

4. What happened to government interest in a SARS vaccine when the outbreak was contained by the summer of 2003?

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

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