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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote the Preface to The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance?
(a) Laurie Garrett
(b) Johnathan Mann.
(c) Fred Murphy.
(d) Uwe Brinkmann.

3. According to the author in Chapter 2: "Health Transition," the study of parasites and tropical disease waned because in post-WWII health care, there was a shift to eradicate __________ from the planet.
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Microbes.
(c) Cats.
(d) Rats.

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

5. Following Kent Campbell's recovery, he was sent to investigate the Lassa outbreak in ______________.
(a) Spain.
(b) Poland.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country was Jordi Casals born?

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

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

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"?

5. Jordi Casals proved that the Lassa virus was spread through ______________.

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