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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 book did Rachel Carson write that raised questions about the safety of commonly used chemicals to kill mosquitoes?
(a) Killing the Land.
(b) Dark Waters.
(c) Silent Spring.
(d) Endless Night.

2. What are the leading causes of death today in America, according to Osterholm?
(a) Bacterial infections.
(b) Heart disease and cancer.
(c) Car accidents.
(d) Suicide.

3. Which Greek myth does Osterholm invoke in the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Pandora's Box.
(b) The Minotaur and the Labyrinth.
(c) Achilles's Heel.
(d) The Golden Fleece.

4. What word does Osterholm deliberately use when discussing the use of new antibiotics throughout history?
(a) Stumbles.
(b) Discoveries.
(c) Inventions.
(d) Serendipity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of graph do epidemiologists use to try to figure out what threats they should be worrying about in public health?

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

3. In which North American city did a SARS outbreak occur in 2003?

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

5. What did Dr. Anne Schuchat say about the tools we had to fight SARS in 2003?

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