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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. To what do the initials "DNA" refer?
(a) Deterioration of nerve acid.
(b) Dental nerve activity.
(c) Destructive neurological action.
(d) Deoxyribonucleic acid.

2. Researchers were able to track the outbreak of the Lassa virus to a woman from ______________.
(a) Lagos.
(b) Kinshasha.
(c) Lusaka.
(d) Monrovia.

3. Near what United States city is the CDC headquartered?
(a) Phoenix, AZ.
(b) Atlanta, GA.
(c) Albany, NY.
(d) Seattle, WA.

4. What does CDC stand for?
(a) Centers for Disease Control.
(b) Cancer and Disease Center.
(c) Corporate Disease Control.
(d) Center for Destroying Cancer.

5. In what year was Karl Johnson in Panama when his friend, Ron MacKenzie, headed to Bolivia to investigate a disease, as described in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. Laurie Garrett earned her undergraduate degree in biology from what institution?

2. Who wrote the Preface to The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance?

3. DNA was first isolated by what Swiss physician?

4. Jordi Casals proved that the Lassa virus was spread through ______________.

5. The term antibiotic was coined by whom?

(see the answer key)

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