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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. In Chapter 6: "American Bicentennial," the author writes that the influenza virus developed mutation strategies that made ___________ nearly impossible.
(a) Antibodies.
(b) Pandemics.
(c) Isolation.
(d) Infections.

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

3. What did Karl Johnson's team discover to be the culprit of the Bolivian disease in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) Bed bugs.
(b) Mouse urine.
(c) Owl droppings.
(d) Roach feces.

4. 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) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 14.
(d) 8.

5. 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?
(a) Communicable.
(b) Airborne.
(c) Bacterial.
(d) Viral.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term antibiotic was coined by whom?

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

3. According to the author in Chapter 2: "Health Transition," the study of parasites and tropical disease waned because in post-WWII health care, there was a shift to eradicate __________ from the planet.

4. The first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease occurred during what month in the year 1976?

5. To what do the initials "RNA" refer?

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