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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 19 - 21).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which public health organization or government agency is in charge of mosquito control today, according to Osterholm?
(a) The Department of Agriculture.
(b) The Department of Homeland Security.
(c) Not one.
(d) Health and Human Services.

2. What does Osterholm say is currently the most important vector-borne virus disease that affects humans?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Ebola.
(c) MERS.
(d) Dengue.

3. What is the problem with the vaccine for yellow fever?
(a) We do not have enough of it for those who would need it in a large-scale outbreak.
(b) It is far too expensive to be used widely.
(c) It causes serious side effects.
(d) It can not be administered to people under the age of 25.

4. What illness did Osterholm's son turn out to have in Chapter 14?
(a) Dengue fever.
(b) La Crosse encephalitis.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Ebola.

5. Who created the polio vaccine?
(a) Dr. James Curran.
(b) Dr. Edward Murrow.
(c) Dr. Michael Riker.
(d) Dr. Jonas Salk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Supreme Court Ruling in the 1905 Jacobson v. Massachusetts case?

2. How did yellow fever get its name?

3. What does the One Health movement strive to do?

4. Who wrote the book The Great Influenza?

5. What does Osterholm identify as the first pathogen of pandemic potential in Chapter 4?

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