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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through O for the P, pages 238-298.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the O for the P section, what is it said that Paul Farmer was able to defy?
(a) Religious dictates.
(b) Pressure.
(c) The local authorities.
(d) Laws of the body.

2. What do Alex Goldfarb and Jim Yong Kim argue about at the 1998 Boston Conference?
(a) Who should receive available doses of the MDR TB medicine.
(b) Best fundraising methods for Partners in Health.
(c) Efficiency of generic MDR TB medications.
(d) Cost effectiveness of treating MDR TB.

3. What is the name of Paul's thesis?
(a) Infection Disease, Poverty and Prevention.
(b) AIDS and Accusation.
(c) Contamination in Cange.
(d) Prevention and Poverty.

4. What is Ophelia's nickname for Paul Farmer?
(a) Ghandi.
(b) PJ.
(c) Dokte.
(d) PF.

5. Who discovers that many patents on TB drugs are expired and argues for the creation of generic versions?
(a) Paul Farmer.
(b) Arata Kochi.
(c) Jim Yong Kim.
(d) Ophelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paul Farmer feel about his rotations at Brigham and Women's Hospital?

2. What organization, in addition to the World Health Organization, does Paul Farmer present his MDR TB findings to after meeting Senora Brigada?

3. Where does Paul work when he first goes to Haiti?

4. How do Paul Farmer's colleagues consider his actions during Haiti's troubles in the early 1990s?

5. Where does Paul Farmer first encounter Haitian people?

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