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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Blackwater fever was caused by the overuse of what substance?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Quinine.
(c) Cod liver oil.
(d) Vitamin A.

4. The Great Plague of London killed approximately how many people?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 630,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 250,000.

5. With the first signs of the AIDS epidemic, the CDC quickly created a quiet division to work on the problem, while who traveled to see San Fransisco first hand in Chapter 11: "Hatari: Vinidogodogo"?
(a) Harold Jaffe.
(b) Friedrich Miescher.
(c) Lily Pinneo.
(d) Merl Kuns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a potentially fatal illness caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes?

2. When E coli 0157:H7 arrived, transmitted from contaminated meat, which argument became clear?

3. In the Introduction, Laurie Garrett discusses the experiences of an uncle named ___________.

4. What does AIDS stand for?

5. Ron MacKenzie and what ecologist arrived in San Joaquin, where the locals believed the Bolivian virus was born, in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

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