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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. Who convened a panel of experts in 1965 to discuss whether new antibiotics were needed?
(a) Dr. Max Findland.
(b) Dr. Mark Olster.
(c) Dr. James Curran.
(d) Dr. Marion Gilkler.

2. Which writer does Osterholm begin Chapter 12 with a quote from?
(a) William Gibson.
(b) Ted Chiang.
(c) Mary Shelly.
(d) Roy Strong.

3. What company did Bill Gates found?
(a) Apple.
(b) Zoom.
(c) Microsoft.
(d) Facebook.

4. How are vector-borne diseases spread?
(a) By blood.
(b) Through the water.
(c) By humans.
(d) By mosquitoes, ticks and flies.

5. In what American city did one case of Ebola send shockwaves in 2015?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(c) Dallas, Texas.
(d) San Francisco, California.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the study former British Prime Minister David Cameron commissioned and mentioned to Barack Obama in 2016?

2. Which doctor was responsible for figuring out the source of a cholera outbreak in London in the 1850s?

3. What is one of the two metaphors Osterholm uses for fighting viruses throughout the book?

4. When was Dengue first identified?

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

(see the answer key)

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