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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what do the initials "DNA" refer?
(a) Deoxyribonucleic acid.
(b) Destructive neurological action.
(c) Dental nerve activity.
(d) Deterioration of nerve acid.

2. What refers to the disease fighting white blood cells that help the immune system fight off infection?
(a) D-cells.
(b) T-cells.
(c) P-cells.
(d) G-cells.

3. DNA was first isolated by what Swiss physician?
(a) Joe McCormick.
(b) Alexander Fleming.
(c) Uwe Brinkmann.
(d) Friedrich Miescher.

4. When was the term antibiotic first coined?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1942.

5. Near what United States city is the CDC headquartered?
(a) Seattle, WA.
(b) Atlanta, GA.
(c) Albany, NY.
(d) Phoenix, AZ.

Short Answer Questions

1. Human trials of Albert Sabin's oral polio vaccine began in what year?

2. Who wrote the Preface to The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance?

3. When was penicillin first discovered?

4. What does AIDS stand for?

5. Where in Bolivia did Ron MacKenzie travel in order to investigate a disease in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

(see the answer key)

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