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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was one of the first physicians to name and discover the SARS virus in 2003?

4. Which doctor's six year-old daughter punctured her skin with a sewing needle and developed a massive infection in the 1930s?

5. What illness were doctors in cities along the Brazilian coast seeing a dramatic increase in in 2015?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 18, what does John Barry, author of The Great Influenza, say is the first thing to understand about influenza?

4. In Chapter 16, who was one of the first doctors to discover the power of antibiotics and how did he make this discovery?

5. Why does Osterholm think many doctors prescribe antibiotics even when they think they will do the patient no good?

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

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

8. What are the two types of dengue disease Osterholm describes in Chapter 14?

9. What did Dr. Anne Schuchat at the CDC say about the tools available to fight a disease like SARS?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 3, how does Osterholm argue that the CDC likely made the problem of TSS (Toxic Shock Syndrome) linked to tampon use worse? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your agruments.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 20, what are some of the characteristics of our current influenza vaccines that Osterholm argues are "unique, and not in a good way?" (286). How does Osterholm believe our influenza vaccines could and should be improved? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

In the Introduction, Osterholm writes that he has come to be known by some in the media as "Bad News Mike." Write an essay explaining why Osterholm earned this nickname, and explain how he views it himself.

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