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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13: Revenge of the Germs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some bacteria began using spore formation to defend against antibiotics, and this worked well against ___________.
(a) Citric acid.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) DDT.
(d) Chlorine.

2. When E coli 0157:H7 arrived, transmitted from contaminated meat, which argument became clear?
(a) Using pesticides.
(b) Over-drugging farm animals.
(c) Famine.
(d) Growing fruit crops.

3. Blackwater fever was caused by the overuse of what substance?
(a) Quinine.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Vitamin A.
(d) Cod liver oil.

4. What does MRSA stand for?
(a) Muscular respritory stimulated activity.
(b) Microbial reproductive static amoebae.
(c) Mammalian reproductive staphylococcus aureus.
(d) Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus.

5. When Bernhard Mandrella went in for treatment for the Lassa virus, he was given blood from whom?
(a) Jordi Casals.
(b) Daniel Elmer Salmon.
(c) Pat Webb.
(d) Lily Pinneo.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Uganda-Tanzania War led to the overthrow of whose regime?

2. The Aswan High Dam is an embankment dam situated across what river?

3. The Uganda-Tanzania War took place during what years?

4. After the woman that researchers tracked the outbreak of the Lassa virus to had been hospitalized, how many people became ill in Chapter 4?

5. What is a nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor used for the treatment of HIV/AIDS?

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