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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Health Transition and Chapter 3: Monkey Kidneys and the Ebbing Tides.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1969.

3. What was the name of Karl Johnson's fiancee who became ill after visiting him in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) Selman Waksman.
(b) Lily Pinneo.
(c) Pat Webb.
(d) Wilma Randolph.

4. The term antibiotic was coined by whom?
(a) Gerald Kimbel.
(b) Selman Waksman.
(c) Steven Lyman.
(d) Roger Jamsek.

5. What does the acronym WHO stand for?
(a) Wholesome and Holistic Outlook.
(b) Wellness and Health Organization.
(c) Women's Health Operation.
(d) World Health Organization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does CDC stand for?

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

3. Ron MacKenzie and what ecologist arrived in San Joaquin, where the locals believed the Bolivian virus was born, in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

4. The first polio vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk and first tested in what year?

5. When Johnson and MacKenzie became ill in Chapter 1: "Machupo," they were saved by a doctor who had treated a similar disease in __________.

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