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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 15 - 18).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Osterholm grow up?
(a) Walker, Wisconsin.
(b) New Mahoning, Pennsylvania.
(c) Marshall, Ohio.
(d) Waukon, Iowa.

2. Which doctor was responsible for figuring out the source of a cholera outbreak in London in the 1850s?
(a) Edward Jenner.
(b) Marshall Robards.
(c) John Snow.
(d) Alexander Fleming.

3. What is one way in which a person's immune system can overreact to a pathogen?
(a) By cutting back production of microbiome cells.
(b) By producing too many red blood cells.
(c) By producing a cytokine storm.
(d) By producing cancer cells.

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

5. In Chapter 18, what does Osterholm name as the king of infectious diseases?
(a) Coronaviruses.
(b) Bacterial meningitis.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Cholera.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word does Osterholm deliberately use when discussing the use of new antibiotics throughout history?

3. Osterholm notes in Chapter 17 that in his experience, what gets acted upon is related to which of the following?

4. Who is one of the leading independent journalists on public health, according to Osterholm in Chapter 16?

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

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