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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 was the 1918 flu epidemic commonly known as?
(a) The British Flu.
(b) The Spanish Flu.
(c) The Italian Flu.
(d) The War Flu.

2. In 2001, what was the name of the senate building that was shut down for months due to an anthrax contamination?
(a) The Marshall Senate Office Building.
(b) The Chamber Senate Office Building.
(c) The Carter Senate Office Building.
(d) The Hart Senate Office Building.

3. What does means of transmission mean in terms of viruses?
(a) The way a virus dies.
(b) The way a virus gets from one place to another.
(c) The way a virus is prevented by a vaccine.
(d) The way viruses are taken over by other viruses.

4. What is the United Nations' target date for ending the AIDS epidemic?
(a) 2025.
(b) 2040.
(c) 2045.
(d) 2030.

5. What syndrome did Osterholm do extensive work on in the early 1980s?
(a) Toxic Shock Syndrome.
(b) Marburg Syndrome.
(c) Melliflu's Syndrome.
(d) Heisenberg's Syndrome.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Osterholm say is the average time from vaccine development to public availability?

4. What process for killing bacteria is Louis Pasteur famous for discovering?

5. In which part of Minnesota did Osterholm investigate an outbreak of diarrheal illness in 1984?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was John Snow's work so important in the 1800s?

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

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

5. What is one sometimes fatal reaction the human body has to microbes, especially in those with strong immune systems?

6. What are two major diseases the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has put large amounts of money into developing vaccines for?

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

8. Which populations are most affected by malaria infections?

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

10. 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?

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