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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. Human trials of Albert Sabin's oral polio vaccine began in what year?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1970.

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

3. After the woman that researchers tracked the outbreak of the Lassa virus to had been hospitalized, how many people became ill in Chapter 4?
(a) 4.
(b) 16.
(c) 29.
(d) 7.

4. To what do the initials "RNA" refer?
(a) Ribonucleic acid.
(b) Regenerative nerve action.
(c) Richmond Nutrition Association.
(d) Reflexive neurological antibodies.

5. What is a term commonly used to describe the societal and cultural effects of telecommunications?
(a) Global village.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Arab Spring.
(d) Plagiarism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 10: "Distant Thunder," the author writes that Harvey Milk was assassinated in what year?

3. Jordi Casals proved that the Lassa virus was spread through ______________.

4. DNA consists of two long polymers of simple units called ____________.

5. What does PID refer to?

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