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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 Bernhard Mandrella went in for treatment for the Lassa virus, he was given blood from whom?
(a) Pat Webb.
(b) Lily Pinneo.
(c) Daniel Elmer Salmon.
(d) Jordi Casals.

2. The term antibiotic was coined by whom?
(a) Gerald Kimbel.
(b) Steven Lyman.
(c) Roger Jamsek.
(d) Selman Waksman.

3. The first polio vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk and first tested in what year?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1940.

4. Joe McCormick was dispatched to what location to investigate the epidemic of the Ebola virus?
(a) Lagos.
(b) Lusaka.
(c) Kinshasa.
(d) Cairo.

5. In Chapter 7: "N'zara," Joe McCormick was called to _____________ during his Lassa research.
(a) Lusaka.
(b) Monrovia.
(c) Kinshasha.
(d) Magdalena.

Short Answer Questions

1. With the first signs of the AIDS epidemic, the CDC quickly created a quiet division to work on the problem, while who traveled to see San Fransisco first hand in Chapter 11: "Hatari: Vinidogodogo"?

2. Where was Peter Piot sent to study the virus later known as Ebola?

3. In Chapter 6: "American Bicentennial," the author writes that the influenza virus developed mutation strategies that made ___________ nearly impossible.

4. By what year did the World Bank see the need for better health care in poorly developed countries?

5. What concept stated that as nations moved out of poverty and basic needs were met, scientists could use pharmaceutical and chemical tools to wipe out parasites, bacteria, and viruses?

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