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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Bernhard Mandrella went in for treatment for the Lassa virus, he was given blood from whom?
(a) Lily Pinneo.
(b) Jordi Casals.
(c) Pat Webb.
(d) Daniel Elmer Salmon.

2. In a small village in Uganda, young women began becoming ill following sex with a traveling salesman and the disease was dubbed ______________.
(a) "Rachel's disease."
(b) "Aristotle's disease."
(c) "Aphrodite's disease."
(d) "Juliana's disease."

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

4. The yellow fever epidemic was rampant in areas of West Africa and was spread by what insect?
(a) The r. tryrmic fish.
(b) The a. aegypti mosquito.
(c) The h. cyptamy rodent.
(d) The p.funtari lobster.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does PID refer to?

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

3. In the Introduction, Laurie Garrett discusses the experiences of her uncle who was a doctor in what year?

4. In sociology, what is the social process of becoming or being relegated to the fringe of society?

5. The Uganda-Tanzania War led to the overthrow of whose regime?

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