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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. Which chemical did the U.S. Army issue to personnel stationed in areas where there were many mosquitoes?
(a) Permethrin.
(b) Liathin.
(c) Lechthin.
(d) Estrogen.

2. Which disease did the Gates Foundation take the lead in trying to eradicate?
(a) Dengue fever.
(b) Polio.
(c) Yellow Fever.
(d) Ebola.

3. What is one of the problems with the vaccine industry, according to Osterholm?
(a) Some vaccines become contaminated easily, so there is a lot of waste.
(b) It is difficult for companies to predict the need for a particular vaccine.
(c) Companies can not usually make money on vaccines.
(d) More people do not want to take vaccines, so it is less profitable to make them.

4. 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) James Jeffrie's.
(d) Barbara Walter's.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What brand of tampon turned out to be closely associated with cases of TSS in the 1980s?

3. What bestelling book did Richard Preston write in 1994?

4. Which doctor does Osterholm begin Chapter 2 with a quote from?

5. Who was the George W. Bush-era Health and Human Services Secretary Osterholm has worked closely with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the two relatively rare conditions doctors began seeing in patients at the outset of the AIDS epidemic?

2. What does Osterholm view as the scariest means of transmission for microbes, and why?

3. What is one of the reasons human are at a disadvantage to microbes?

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

5. In Chapter 4, what does Osterholm reveal as what he thinks is the probable cause of the world's next pandemic?

6. What is one of the main reasons Osterholm says it is quicker to produce drugs than vaccines?

7. 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?

8. What is the interaction between tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS?

9. What are some of the current world conditions Osterholm identifies as aiding the transmission of diseases?

10. In Chapter 2, what intensely personal detail of his early life does Osterholm share with the reader?

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