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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. In Chapter 8, who is considered one of the founders of vaccinations?
(a) Edward Jenner.
(b) Alexander Fleming.
(c) James Curran.
(d) John Snow.

2. On whose program did the creator of the polio vaccine announce that he was not patenting the vaccine in 1955?
(a) Walter Winchell's.
(b) Edward R. Murrow's.
(c) Barbara Walter's.
(d) James Jeffrie's.

3. What are the independent pieces of DNA that bacteria can sometimes share with each other?
(a) Plasmids.
(b) Cones.
(c) Quarks.
(d) Brokers.

4. Which creature is most responsible for spreading malaria?
(a) Cats.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Rats.
(d) Bats.

5. Who wrote the book The Great Influenza?
(a) Edward Jenner.
(b) John Barry.
(c) John Snow.
(d) James Curran.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What prevents some people from finishing their doses of malaria medication?

3. In Chapter 5, where does Osterholm point out there are the most microbes in the human body?

4. What possibility about Ebola was Osterholm criticized for bringing up in a 2014 op-ed in the New York Times?

5. How many West African children were orphaned by the Ebola outbreak in 2014?

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