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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 what year did the worst flu epidemic in the twentieth century strike, killing millions?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1873.
(d) 1776.

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

3. According to the author in Chapter 2: "Health Transition," the efforts to eradicate _______ actually made the disease more rampant.
(a) Malaria.
(b) The Black Typhus.
(c) Swine Flu.
(d) HIV.

4. 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.
(a) Cats.
(b) Rats.
(c) Microbes.
(d) Monkeys.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was Joe McCormick in Brazil overseeing a massive meningitis outbreak?

3. Ron MacKenzie and Karl Johnson both thought the Bolivian disease was much like a Latin American virus called what in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

4. Dr. Jeanette Troup was working in _____________ when an outbreak of the Lassa virus occurred.

5. The author of the book's Preface discusses how our time in history will be tracked by newly emerging epidemics such as __________.

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