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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What company did Bill Gates found?
(a) Apple.
(b) Microsoft.
(c) Zoom.
(d) Facebook.

2. What is the abbreviation for the combination vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis?
(a) TPD.
(b) TDP.
(c) DTP.
(d) PTD.

3. Which former president of Harvard University does Osterholm quote in Chapter 8?
(a) Noam Chompsky.
(b) Lawrence Summers.
(c) Elliot Nasser.
(d) Joan Sondland.

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

5. What are the unchanging features of a virus called?
(a) Stalked.
(b) Conserved.
(c) Stable.
(d) Static.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the head of the first meeting Osterholm attended about the HIV/AIDS epidemic, before doctors knew what they were dealing with?

2. Which Greek myth does Osterholm invoke in the beginning of Chapter 11?

3. In Chapter 6, Osterholm emphasizes that anthrax is not which of the following kinds of diseases?

4. in 2014, how many people worldwide died from AIDS?

5. What type of pneumonia did doctors begin to see in early HIV/AIDS patients?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which populations are most affected by malaria infections?

2. In Chapter 1, why does the CDC's Jim Curran move quickly to name the AIDS disease as it is named?

3. In the Introduction, what are the two metaphors for disease that Osterholm sets out for use throughout the book?

4. How does Osterholm distinguish between a so-called good death and a bad death?

5. What common product did Osterholm and his colleagues eventually trace the development of toxic shock syndrome to?

6. In Chapter 1, what is the term Osterholm uses for an event that comes as a surprise and is a major disrupting influence on society?

7. Who is considered one of the first creators of the vaccine, and what illness did this person discover the earliest form of the vaccine for?

8. What is one of the factors Osterholm thinks contributed to the anti-vaccine movement?

9. Why was the Spanish Flu so named, even though it likely did not originate in Spain?

10. How was Osterholm personally affected by the AIDS epidemic?

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