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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does MRSA stand for?
(a) Muscular respritory stimulated activity.
(b) Mammalian reproductive staphylococcus aureus.
(c) Microbial reproductive static amoebae.
(d) Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus.

2. What profession did Karl Johnson's fiancee have, as described in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) Oncologist.
(b) Dermatologist.
(c) Virologist.
(d) Neurologist.

3. What leader in infectious disease was called in to test the deadly virus against samples of thousands of viruses in his lab in Chapter 3: "Monkey Kidneys and the Ebbing Tides"?
(a) Uwe Brinkmann.
(b) Clint Nyamurkunge.
(c) Jodi Casals.
(d) Daniel Elmer Salmon.

4. Ron MacKenzie and what ecologist arrived in San Joaquin, where the locals believed the Bolivian virus was born, in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) Merl Kuns.
(b) Jordi Casals.
(c) Don Francis.
(d) Peter Piot.

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) Measles.
(c) Junin.
(d) Swine Flu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Researchers were able to track the outbreak of the Lassa virus to a woman from ______________.

2. Where did Uwe Brinkmann go after being released from a holding facility in Chapter 4?

3. Karl Johnson's team realized that in San Joaquin, there were no ________ as a result of DDT spraying in Chapter 1: "Machupo."

4. DNA was first isolated by what Swiss physician?

5. What does PID refer to?

(see the answer key)

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