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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17: Searching for Solutions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The discovery of penicillin is attributed to what Scottish scientist?
(a) Friedrich Miescher.
(b) Harold Jaffe.
(c) Fred Murphy.
(d) Alexander Fleming.

2. Vaccinations are losing ground because there is no profit for whom?
(a) Pharmaceutical companies.
(b) The World Bank.
(c) Hospital workers.
(d) The governmental bodies.

3. When did the Rwandan Civil War begin?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1960.

4. After his work with famine relief efforts, Uwe Brinkmann was dubbed by Germans as a __________.
(a) Federalist.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Communist.
(d) Conservative.

5. Some bacteria began using spore formation to defend against antibiotics, and this worked well against ___________.
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Citric acid.
(c) DDT.
(d) Chlorine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country had further issues with the AIDS epidemic in that two separate strains of the disease were erupting?

2. When did the Rwandan Civil War end?

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. When Johnson and MacKenzie became ill in Chapter 1: "Machupo," they were saved by a doctor who had treated a similar disease in __________.

5. Karl Johnson's team realized that in San Joaquin, there were no ________ as a result of DDT spraying in Chapter 1: "Machupo."

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