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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. Which cave remained untouched by humans or animals for almost four million years, until its discovery in 1986?
(a) Lechugilla Cave.
(b) Marcanuil Cave.
(c) Talahatche Cave.
(d) Ronalind Cave.

2. What does Osterholm say is the scariest means of transmission for a pathogen?
(a) Lungs.
(b) Blood.
(c) Water.
(d) Surfaces.

3. What is one antibiotic commonly used to threat anthrax?
(a) Ciprofloxacin.
(b) Penicillin.
(c) Corilot.
(d) Ambigen.

4. What illness were doctors in cities along the Brazilian coast seeing a dramatic increase in in 2015?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Guillain-Barre.
(d) Marburg.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which hotel in Hong Kong became a central place for the spread of SARS in 2003?

2. Which public health agency issued a document about warning signs of Influenza strains in 2015?

3. By the end of July in 2015, what was the Korean MERS death toll?

4. What potentially deadly diarrhea does the overuse of antibiotics put patients at risk for?

5. In Chapter 8, who is considered one of the founders of vaccinations?

(see the answer key)

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