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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 is the premise that the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is based on, as Osterholm explains it in Chapter 9?
(a) We all need to work together to make the world a healthier place.
(b) All lives have equal value.
(c) Money is not worth anything if it is not helping people.
(d) Everyone has a right to vaccinations.

2. How does Osterholm refer to vaccinations?
(a) As not nearly as important as developing new antibiotics.
(b) As the most significant advance by humans in the twentieth century.
(c) As one rung on a ladder of protection.
(d) As the sharpest arrow in the public health quiver.

3. In what American city did one case of Ebola send shockwaves in 2015?
(a) San Francisco, California.
(b) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(c) Dallas, Texas.
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

4. Which doctor was responsible for figuring out the source of a cholera outbreak in London in the 1850s?
(a) Marshall Robards.
(b) John Snow.
(c) Edward Jenner.
(d) Alexander Fleming.

5. What can anthrax be hidden in its dried form, according to Osterholm?
(a) Soil.
(b) Any white powder.
(c) Cakes.
(d) Flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Osterholm grow up?

2. In Chapter 8, who is considered one of the founders of vaccinations?

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

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

5. Which part of Africa did the Ebola outbreak occur in in 2014?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the deadliest pandemic of the modern era?

2. 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?

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

4. Why was Dr. Jonas Salk such a hero to so many parents in the 1950s?

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

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

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

8. In Osterholm's opinion, how do our influenza vaccines need to change?

9. In Chapter 10, what kind of flu strain is Osterholm particularly worried about?

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

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