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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Influence/Speechlessness" – "Pieces of Shit".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long (at the time of the book's publication) has it been since the last pandemic?
(a) About 25 years.
(b) About 16 years.
(c) Over 50 years.
(d) Over 40 years.

2. Approximately how many people died of AIDS in 24 years?
(a) 24 million.
(b) 32 million.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 14 million.

3. According to the author, recent history has averaged a pandemic how often?
(a) Every 32.5 years.
(b) Every 40.5 years.
(c) Every 15 years.
(d) Every 27.5 years.

4. Where did the word "influenza" originate?
(a) Spain.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

5. What ancient Greek physician praised dog meat as a source of strength?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Hippocrates.
(d) Euripides.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many chickens arrive at the slaughterhouse with freshly broken bones as a result of rough treatment and bad genetics?

2. What does PETA stand for?

3. At about what weight are farmed pigs usually slaughtered?

4. How old was Lam Hoi-ka when he died?

5. Americans eat how many times more chickens than they did 80 years ago?

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