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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Blackwater fever was caused by the overuse of what substance?
(a) Cod liver oil.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Quinine.
(d) Vitamin A.

2. In the United States, the tuberculosis crisis peaked in 1830 and what other year?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1908.

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

4. When does the author write that the Institute of Medicine convened a panel to discuss the severity of a microbial threat to United States citizens in the Introduction?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1977.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the acronym WHO stand for?

2. Peter Piot at CDC processed the samples sent to him in Chapter 5: "Yambuku," and tests showed the virus was neither ________________ nor anything else they had seen.

3. The outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in 1976 forced through the bills regarding _____________.

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

5. What refers to a neurological disorder that occurs when many nerves throughout the body malfunction simultaneously?

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