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

2. Bernhard Mandrella treated a coworker and sent blood which confirmed the Lassa virus to __________.
(a) The CIA.
(b) The FBI.
(c) The WHO.
(d) The CDC.

3. After his work with famine relief efforts, Uwe Brinkmann was dubbed by Germans as a __________.
(a) Federalist.
(b) Conservative.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Communist.

4. Joe McCormick met with scientists from what country that wanted samples of the Lassa virus?
(a) Brazil.
(b) The United States.
(c) The Soviet Union.
(d) Australia.

5. What is a virus that is duplicated in a host cell using the reverse transcriptase enzyme to produce DNA from its RNA genome?
(a) Omnivirus.
(b) Slow virus.
(c) Polyvirus.
(d) Retrovirus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bernhard Mandrella went in for treatment for the Lassa virus, he was given blood from whom?

2. Where did Uwe Brinkmann go after being released from a holding facility in Chapter 4?

3. Who was treating Bernhard Mandrella for the Lassa virus when he met Kent Campbell?

4. According to the author in Chapter 13, what were vital to cell transformation?

5. Blackwater fever was caused by the overuse of what substance?

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