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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. What type of antibiotic use on some large chicken farms in India is of particular concern for scientists studying the rise of drug-resistant microbes?
(a) The super-dosing of the strongest antibiotics we have.
(b) The off-label uses of antibiotics on chicken farms.
(c) The under-dosing of antibiotics for sick chickens.
(d) Antibiotic cocktails that combine the strong drug colistin with several others.

2. How many West African children were orphaned by the Ebola outbreak in 2014?
(a) About 50,000.
(b) About 10,000.
(c) About 30,000.
(d) About 100,000.

3. What brand of tampon turned out to be closely associated with cases of TSS in the 1980s?
(a) Protect.
(b) Be Free.
(c) Assure.
(d) Rely.

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

5. What was President George W. Bush's emergency plan for combating AIDS?
(a) PENSIVE.
(b) MORTAT.
(c) LARGEN.
(d) PEPFAR.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was one of the first physicians to name and discover the SARS virus in 2003?

3. What publication did Osterholm almost pull an op-ed he wrote about Zika from in 2016?

4. What drug did some of the birth defects caused by the Zika virus remind some health care professionals of that had also caused birth defects?

5. How long had researchers known about the Zika virus before the 2016 outbreak?

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