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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: Microbe Magnets and Chapter 10: Distant Thunder.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who discovered that the flu lived harmlessly in pig mucus, and thus, dubbed the new virus swine flu?
(a) Paul Bres.
(b) Selman Waksman.
(c) Daniel Elmer Salmon.
(d) Richard Shope.

2. What was the name of Karl Johnson's fiancee who became ill after visiting him in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) Lily Pinneo.
(b) Wilma Randolph.
(c) Pat Webb.
(d) Selman Waksman.

3. What CDC director was fired over the first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease?
(a) Johnathan Mann.
(b) David Sencer.
(c) Paul Bres.
(d) Friedrich Miescher.

4. Legionnaires' disease acquired its name when an outbreak of pneumonia occurred among people attending a convention in what city?
(a) Detroit, MI.
(b) Philadelphia, PA.
(c) Denver, CO.
(d) Chicago, IL.

5. The first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease occurred during what month in the year 1976?
(a) December.
(b) May.
(c) September.
(d) July.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 5: "Yambuku," the author describes a man in Yambuku who was treated for an illness like _____________.

2. Human trials of Albert Sabin's oral polio vaccine began in what year?

3. Soon after the first outbreak described in Chapter 5: "Yambuku," another outbreak was seen at the hospital in what location?

4. To what do the initials "RNA" refer?

5. What leader in infectious disease was called in to test the deadly virus against samples of thousands of viruses in his lab in Chapter 3: "Monkey Kidneys and the Ebbing Tides"?

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