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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Into the Woods.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. DNA was first isolated by what Swiss physician?
(a) Friedrich Miescher.
(b) Uwe Brinkmann.
(c) Alexander Fleming.
(d) Joe McCormick.

2. The disease that Ron MacKenzie went to Bolivia to investigate in Chapter 1: "Machupo" was dubbed by local doctors as ____________.
(a) Measles.
(b) Malaria.
(c) The Black Typhus.
(d) Schistosomiasis.

3. In the Introduction, Laurie Garrett discusses the experiences of an uncle named ___________.
(a) Gerald.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Bernard.

4. In what country was Jordi Casals born?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Egypt.

5. A WHO research team discovered all the original patients of the mystery disease had handled monkeys from ___________.
(a) Uganda.
(b) Panama.
(c) Zaire.
(d) Tanzania.

Short Answer Questions

1. Following Kent Campbell's recovery, he was sent to investigate the Lassa outbreak in ______________.

2. Dr. Jeanette Troup was working in _____________ when an outbreak of the Lassa virus occurred.

3. Karl Johnson worked with whom to create a portable lab to keep airborne disease from infecting the doctors in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

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

5. When was the CDC founded?

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