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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 word does Osterholm deliberately use when discussing the use of new antibiotics throughout history?
(a) Stumbles.
(b) Discoveries.
(c) Serendipity.
(d) Inventions.

2. Who wrote the book The Great Influenza?
(a) James Curran.
(b) Edward Jenner.
(c) John Barry.
(d) John Snow.

3. What is a term meaning that a pathogen causes severe and fatal disease?
(a) Death-potential.
(b) Black-out potential.
(c) High-pathogenicity.
(d) Stark mark.

4. What possibility about Ebola was Osterholm criticized for bringing up in a 2014 op-ed in the New York Times?
(a) That it could mutate to become airborne.
(b) That it could mutate to become more lethal to older people.
(c) That it could mutate to become more lethal to children.
(d) That it could mutate to become more lethal to middle-aged people.

5. Which public health agency issued a document about warning signs of Influenza strains in 2015?
(a) The Global Health Alliance.
(b) The CDC.
(c) The WHO.
(d) The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do we need a new flu vaccine formula every year?

2. What is the title of the study former British Prime Minister David Cameron commissioned and mentioned to Barack Obama in 2016?

3. What kind of virus are both the MERS and SARS viruses?

4. In Chapter 18, what does Osterholm name as the king of infectious diseases?

5. How long had researchers known about the Zika virus before the 2016 outbreak?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 2015, where did a severe new strain of flu appear in the United States?

2. In Chapter 13, what was one of the missteps Osterholm criticizes China for in the early days of the SARS outbreak?

3. In Chapter 12, what is one of the theories about how the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa began?

4. In Chapter 17, what is one remedy for antibiotic-resistant infections that Osterholm says will be more difficult, but not impossible, to develop?

5. In Chapter 12, why does Osterholm think President Obama's choice of Ron Klain to head his Ebola task force in 2014 was inspired?

6. What was the likely origin of the MERS outbreak that began in 2012?

7. What was the most serious complication of the Zika virus that merged in the Americas in 2015?

8. In Chapter 14, what does Osterholm remember Dr. Hausler for, especially during a difficult personal episode for Osterholm?

9. What kind of virus is Ebola and why was it given this specific name?

10. Why does Osterholm believe the public is so fearful of diseases like Ebola?

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