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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which United States Representative showed that the poor areas of India were already seeing an epidemic by 1991?
(a) Fred Murphy.
(b) Ron MacKenzie.
(c) Alexander Fleming.
(d) Jim McDermott.

2. What was the third social epidemic noted by WHO?
(a) Denial of the plague.
(b) Repression of those with the plague.
(c) Fear of the plague.
(d) Acceptance of the plague.

3. The Uganda-Tanzania War led to the overthrow of whose regime?
(a) Oto Eron's.
(b) Eze Oman's.
(c) Idi Amin's.
(d) Aba Inor's.

4. When does the author write that the Institute of Medicine convened a panel to discuss the severity of a microbial threat to United States citizens in the Introduction?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1977.

5. In the beginning of Chapter 5: "Yambuku," the author describes a man in Yambuku who was treated for an illness like _____________.
(a) Malaria.
(b) Junin.
(c) Measles.
(d) Swine Flu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maridi is a town located in what country?

2. Who was on the team that Patricia Webb built to travel to Yambuku?

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

4. What refers to the disease fighting white blood cells that help the immune system fight off infection?

5. The yellow fever epidemic was rampant in areas of West Africa and was spread by what insect?

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