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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. Laurie Garrett researched for The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance as a fellow at what institution?
(a) The University of California, Santa Cruz.
(b) The Yale Public Health Academy.
(c) The University of California, Los Angeles.
(d) The Harvard School of Public Health.

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

3. In the book's Preface, the author writes that the vulnerability of the world is increased due to which of the following?
(a) Decreased populations.
(b) Modern travel.
(c) Isolation of populations.
(d) Human evolution.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The term antibiotic was coined by whom?

3. Maridi is a town located in what country?

4. In Chapter 6: "American Bicentennial," the author writes that the influenza virus developed mutation strategies that made ___________ nearly impossible.

5. Ron MacKenzie and what ecologist arrived in San Joaquin, where the locals believed the Bolivian virus was born, in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

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