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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. The first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease occurred during what month in the year 1976?
(a) December.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) May.

2. Peter Piot at CDC processed the samples sent to him in Chapter 5: "Yambuku," and tests showed the virus was neither ________________ nor anything else they had seen.
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Dengue fever.
(c) Measles.
(d) Malaria.

3. Kent Campbell began testing whom for the Lassa virus in Chapter 4?
(a) Canadian hospital workers.
(b) Irish nuns.
(c) Iranian refugees.
(d) German soldiers.

4. Where in Bolivia did Ron MacKenzie travel in order to investigate a disease in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) Bogata.
(b) Lagos.
(c) Quito.
(d) Magdalena.

5. The discovery of penicillin is attributed to what Scottish scientist?
(a) Fred Murphy.
(b) Alexander Fleming.
(c) Harold Jaffe.
(d) Friedrich Miescher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does AIDS stand for?

2. What refers to the disease fighting white blood cells that help the immune system fight off infection?

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

4. What profession did Karl Johnson's fiancee have, as described in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

5. In what year did a type of swine flu strike in Texas simultaneously with another less deadly strain?

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