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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14: Thirdworldization.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 11: "Hatari: Vinidogodogo," where were the doctors following a particularly virulent strain of herpes?
(a) Lusaka.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Kinshasha.
(d) Lagos.

2. The genus Salmonella was named after what American veterinary pathologist?
(a) Daniel Elmer Salmon.
(b) Jim McDermott.
(c) Ron MacKenzie.
(d) Joe McCormick.

3. When the Institute of Medicine convened a panel to discuss the severity of a microbial threat to United States citizens, many critics believed that many emerging diseases were not __________, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) Communicable.
(b) Airborne.
(c) Bacterial.
(d) Viral.

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

5. What did Karl Johnson's team discover to be the culprit of the Bolivian disease in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) Roach feces.
(b) Mouse urine.
(c) Bed bugs.
(d) Owl droppings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yambuku is a small village in the Mongala District of what current country?

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

3. When Johnson and MacKenzie became ill in Chapter 1: "Machupo," they were saved by a doctor who had treated a similar disease in __________.

4. In what year was Joe McCormick in Brazil overseeing a massive meningitis outbreak?

5. Ron MacKenzie and Karl Johnson both thought the Bolivian disease was much like a Latin American virus called what in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

(see the answer key)

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