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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What CDC director was fired over the first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease?
(a) David Sencer.
(b) Friedrich Miescher.
(c) Paul Bres.
(d) Johnathan Mann.

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

5. Laurie Garrett researched for The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance as a fellow at what institution?
(a) The University of California, Santa Cruz.
(b) The Harvard School of Public Health.
(c) The University of California, Los Angeles.
(d) The Yale Public Health Academy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Within how much time was the virus now called Manchupo virus eradicated after Karl Johnson's team discovered the culprit of the epidemic in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

3. How many deaths were reported from the first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease in 1976?

4. Chapter 1: "Machupo," Karl Johnson found himself deathly ill with what disease?

5. What disease did children with malaria contract after being required to have nearly complete blood transfusions?

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