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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 Harvard School of Public Health.
(b) The University of California, Los Angeles.
(c) The University of California, Santa Cruz.
(d) The Yale Public Health Academy.

2. What is the condition that results from taking an unbalanced diet in which certain nutrients are lacking?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Antibody.
(c) Malnutrition.
(d) Bulimia.

3. Who wrote the Preface to The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance?
(a) Fred Murphy.
(b) Laurie Garrett
(c) Johnathan Mann.
(d) Uwe Brinkmann.

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

5. When Johnson and MacKenzie became ill in Chapter 1: "Machupo," they were saved by a doctor who had treated a similar disease in __________.
(a) Uganda.
(b) Tanzania.
(c) Korea.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What leader in infectious disease was called in to test the deadly virus against samples of thousands of viruses in his lab in Chapter 3: "Monkey Kidneys and the Ebbing Tides"?

2. What was the name of Karl Johnson's fiancee who became ill after visiting him 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. Who discovered that the flu lived harmlessly in pig mucus, and thus, dubbed the new virus swine flu?

5. Where did Ron MacKenzie return after taking blood samples in Bolivia in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

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