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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14: Thirdworldization.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Viral.
(c) Bacterial.
(d) Airborne.

2. When was penicillin first discovered?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1942.

3. When was the term antibiotic first coined?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1906.

4. Where did Adam Cargill go after being released from a holding facility in Chapter 4?
(a) Marburg, Germany.
(b) Sussex, England.
(c) Hamburg, Germany.
(d) Warsaw, Poland.

5. Legionnaires' disease acquired its name when an outbreak of pneumonia occurred among people attending a convention in what city?
(a) Chicago, IL.
(b) Philadelphia, PA.
(c) Detroit, MI.
(d) Denver, CO.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some bacteria began using spore formation to defend against antibiotics, and this worked well against ___________.

2. Joe McCormick was dispatched to what location to investigate the epidemic of the Ebola virus?

3. Maridi is a town located in what country?

4. What did GRID stand for when it was first applied to the AIDS epidemic?

5. Who discovered that the flu lived harmlessly in pig mucus, and thus, dubbed the new virus swine flu?

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