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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Machupo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Karl Johnson's team discover to be the culprit of the Bolivian disease in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) Mouse urine.
(b) Bed bugs.
(c) Owl droppings.
(d) Roach feces.

2. The author of the book's Preface discusses how our time in history will be tracked by newly emerging epidemics such as __________.
(a) Malaria.
(b) HIV.
(c) Dengue fever.
(d) Yellow fever.

3. The discovery of penicillin is attributed to what Scottish scientist?
(a) Fred Murphy.
(b) Harold Jaffe.
(c) Alexander Fleming.
(d) Friedrich Miescher.

4. In what year was Karl Johnson in Panama when his friend, Ron MacKenzie, headed to Bolivia to investigate a disease, as described in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1974.

5. When Johnson and MacKenzie became ill in Chapter 1: "Machupo," they were saved by a doctor who knew to drastically increase ______________.
(a) Food.
(b) Pain killers.
(c) Fluids.
(d) Antibiotics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the book's Preface, the author writes that the vulnerability of the world is increased due to which of the following?

2. The disease that Ron MacKenzie went to Bolivia to investigate in Chapter 1: "Machupo" was dubbed by local doctors as ____________.

3. When does the author write that the Institute of Medicine convened a panel to discuss the severity of a microbial threat to United States citizens in the Introduction?

4. In the Introduction, Laurie Garrett discusses the experiences of an uncle named ___________.

5. What profession did Karl Johnson's fiancee have, as described in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

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