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

2. Karl Johnson's team realized that in San Joaquin, there were no ________ as a result of DDT spraying in Chapter 1: "Machupo."
(a) Eagles.
(b) Cats.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Owls.

3. DNA consists of two long polymers of simple units called ____________.
(a) Genes.
(b) Antibodies.
(c) Microbes.
(d) Nucleotides.

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

5. Researchers were able to track the outbreak of the Lassa virus to a woman from ______________.
(a) Kinshasha.
(b) Monrovia.
(c) Lusaka.
(d) Lagos.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the woman that researchers tracked the outbreak of the Lassa virus to had been hospitalized, how many people became ill in Chapter 4?

2. Within how much time was the virus now called Manchupo virus eradicated after Karl Johnson's team discovered the culprit of the epidemic in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

3. Soon after the first outbreak described in Chapter 5: "Yambuku," another outbreak was seen at the hospital in what location?

4. When the Institute of Medicine convened a panel to discuss the severity of a microbial threat to United States citizens, many critics believed that many emerging diseases were not __________, according to the author in the Introduction?

5. DNA was first isolated by what Swiss physician?

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