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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. How much does Osterholm claim the worldwide pharmaceutical industry had in revenue in 2014?
(a) More than $1 trillion.
(b) More than $1 billion.
(c) About $500 billion.
(d) About $50 billion.

2. What is the title of the study former British Prime Minister David Cameron commissioned and mentioned to Barack Obama in 2016?
(a) Review on Comorbidities in the Developing World.
(b) Review on Antimicrobial Resistance.
(c) Review on Pathogens of Pandemic Potential.
(d) Review on Tropical Viruses.

3. Which doctor does Osterholm begin Chapter 2 with a quote from?
(a) Dr. Richard Hauser.
(b) Dr. Jeanette Jenkins.
(c) Dr. Margaret Schweitzer.
(d) Dr. Albert Schweitzer.

4. Which Florida Senator expressed alarm over mosquito-borne infections in the aftermath of the Zika outbreak?
(a) Rick Sanchez.
(b) Rick Scott.
(c) Marco Rubio.
(d) Jeb Bush.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Nobel Prizes have been awarded to recipients who have contributed to the fight against malaria?

2. What is the nickname some in the media started giving to Osterholm?

3. What is one of the main problems with the flu vaccine, according to Osterholm?

4. Which child of Osterholm's came across her sibling's unnamed case in a medical presentation while in medical school?

5. What are the leading causes of death today in America, according to Osterholm?

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