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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first polio vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk and first tested in what year?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1935.

2. 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) 1981.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1962.

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

4. Within how much time was the virus now called Manchupo virus eradicated after Karl Johnson's team discovered the culprit of the epidemic in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 12 days.

5. What expert of viruses at WHO was dispatched to Maridi to gather samples in Chapter 5: "Yambuku"?
(a) Richard Shope.
(b) Paul Bres.
(c) Merl Kuns.
(d) Al Wieden.

Short Answer Questions

1. German authorities began to argue with the authorities of ___________ over the Lassa virus in Chapter 4.

2. What did Karl Johnson's team discover to be the culprit of the Bolivian disease in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

3. Bernhard Mandrella treated a coworker and sent blood which confirmed the Lassa virus to __________.

4. What does CDC stand for?

5. What refers to compulsory isolation, typically to contain the spread of something considered dangerous, often disease?

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