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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 is the National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, named for?
(a) Dr. Walter Reed.
(b) Dr. E.G. Cummings.
(c) Dr. Arnold Ashe.
(d) Dr. Gerald Heil.

2. Who is one of the leading independent journalists on public health, according to Osterholm in Chapter 16?
(a) Maryn McKenna.
(b) Colleen O'Mahr.
(c) Marshall Winchell.
(d) Lola Navado.

3. Where was there a significant outbreak of Zika virus in 2013?
(a) China.
(b) French Polynesia.
(c) India.
(d) The Netherlands.

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

5. What language does the word chikungunya come from?
(a) Indian.
(b) Makonde.
(c) Malaysian.
(d) Swahili.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bestelling book did Richard Preston write in 1994?

2. In what American city did one case of Ebola send shockwaves in 2015?

3. In Chapter 15, what analogy does Osterholm use for Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases?

4. What kind of creatures are mosquitos?

5. In the 1918 flu epidemic, which population suffered a disproportionately high number of deaths?

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