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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: American Bicentennial.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who discovered that the flu lived harmlessly in pig mucus, and thus, dubbed the new virus swine flu?
(a) Richard Shope.
(b) Daniel Elmer Salmon.
(c) Selman Waksman.
(d) Paul Bres.

2. What does AIDS stand for?
(a) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
(b) Anorexia induced disease syndrome.
(c) Albino immune destruction syndrome.
(d) Autonomous insulin deficiency symptoms.

3. According to the author in Chapter 6: "American Bicentennial," the CDC was being berated since how many elderly individuals died following their vaccinations for swine flu?
(a) 8.
(b) 14.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. In what year was Joe McCormick in Brazil overseeing a massive meningitis outbreak?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1981.

5. The Republic of Liberia is located on what continent?
(a) Asia.
(b) South America.
(c) Europe.
(d) Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near what United States city is the CDC headquartered?

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

3. By what decade does the author write that AIDS was an epidemic in the book's Introduction?

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

5. In what year did the worst flu epidemic in the twentieth century strike, killing millions?

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