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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 medical center in South Korea was shut down temporarily due to a MERS outbreak there in 2015?
(a) Samsung Medical Center.
(b) Marriott Medical Center.
(c) Kinowa Medical Center.
(d) Kumbwa Medical Center.

2. In what year was there a measles outbreak in Minnesota?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1991.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1985.

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 a cytokine storm.
(c) By producing too many red blood cells.
(d) By producing cancer cells.

4. What bestelling book did Richard Preston write in 1994?
(a) The Hot Zone.
(b) Contagion.
(c) OUtbreak.
(d) The Shining.

5. What kind of deadly flu strain caused an outbreak on Midwest poultry farms in the U.S. in 2015?
(a) H3N1.
(b) H1N1.
(c) H5N2.
(d) H2N3.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2001, what was the name of the senate building that was shut down for months due to an anthrax contamination?

2. What syndrome did Osterholm do extensive work on in the early 1980s?

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

4. How does Osterholm refer to vaccinations?

5. Where does Dr. Sean Wasserman worry there might be another yellow fever outbreak in the near future?

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