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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some bacteria began using spore formation to defend against antibiotics, and this worked well against ___________.
(a) Alcohol.
(b) DDT.
(c) Citric acid.
(d) Chlorine.

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

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

4. Leprosy has affected humanity for over how many years?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 7,500.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kaposi's sarcoma was originally described by Moritz Kaposi in what year?

2. The epidemics of what disease increased due to the Aswan High Dam inhibiting the natural fluctuations in water height?

3. The Uganda-Tanzania War took place during what years?

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

5. What is a virus that is duplicated in a host cell using the reverse transcriptase enzyme to produce DNA from its RNA genome?

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