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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. French and Belgium scientists began to suspect the AIDS disease was a virus with what origins?
(a) American.
(b) African.
(c) European.
(d) Australian.

2. DNA consists of two long polymers of simple units called ____________.
(a) Microbes.
(b) Genes.
(c) Antibodies.
(d) Nucleotides.

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

4. In what year did a type of swine flu strike in Texas simultaneously with another less deadly strain?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1876.

5. In what country was Jordi Casals born?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Ron MacKenzie return after taking blood samples in Bolivia in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

3. The French finally announced they had discovered what virus believed to cause AIDS?

4. What country had further issues with the AIDS epidemic in that two separate strains of the disease were erupting?

5. What is a form of pneumonia caused by the yeast-like fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii?

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