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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6: "American Bicentennial," the author writes that the influenza virus developed mutation strategies that made ___________ nearly impossible.
(a) Isolation.
(b) Pandemics.
(c) Infections.
(d) Antibodies.

2. What country had further issues with the AIDS epidemic in that two separate strains of the disease were erupting?
(a) El Salvador.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

3. A study in Africa related to TB showed its decrease was likely due to what?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Lack of rats.
(c) Democratic government.
(d) Improved housing.

4. An increase in sand flies resulted in an increase in what disease, according to the author in Chapter 9?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Dengue fever.
(c) Schistosomiasis.
(d) Pneumocystis pneumonia.

5. What refers to a neurological disorder that occurs when many nerves throughout the body malfunction simultaneously?
(a) Atkinson's disease.
(b) Polyneuropathy.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Bipolar disorder.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the CDC call the first International AIDS Conference?

2. In the beginning of Chapter 5: "Yambuku," the author describes a man in Yambuku who was treated for an illness like _____________.

3. In Russia, a poor health care system that was impoverished following the fall of Communism forced the reuse of _______________.

4. In Chapter 14, Johnathan Mann of the WHO Global Program on AIDS addressed a gathering of over a thousand in what city?

5. In what year did the Great Plague hit London?

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