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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. What prevents some people from finishing their doses of malaria medication?
(a) It has to be taken for three days.
(b) It has to be taken for one month.
(c) It has to be taken for one week.
(d) It has to be taken for two weeks.

2. What do health agencies around the world recommend for women of childbearing age in Chapter 19?
(a) That they move to places where the virus is not as prevalent.
(b) That they delay pregnancy.
(c) That they start taking Tamiflu.
(d) That they take antibiotics as a precaution.

3. What is one aspect Osterholm identifies as favorable for virus transmission in his "current world conditions" category in Chapter 8?
(a) Humans sharing more drinks and food.
(b) Humans swimming in rivers.
(c) Close contact between humans and animals.
(d) Humans having more surgeries.

4. What was the average life-expectancy in the United States in the year 1900?
(a) 48 years.
(b) 70 years.
(c) 60 years.
(d) 62 years.

5. What process for killing bacteria is Louis Pasteur famous for discovering?
(a) Pasteurization.
(b) Sterilization.
(c) Variation.
(d) Mobilization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can anthrax be hidden in its dried form, according to Osterholm?

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

3. What flu strain does Osterholm call the grandfather of bird-flu viruses?

4. Which creature is most responsible for spreading malaria?

5. Which hotel in Hong Kong became a central place for the spread of SARS in 2003?

(see the answer key)

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