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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 WHO created the Declaration of Alma-Ata which sought to unite the world in a push to create healthy living conditions for everyone by what year?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1995.
(c) 2100.
(d) 2050.

2. What did Karl Johnson's team discover to be the culprit of the Bolivian disease in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) Roach feces.
(b) Bed bugs.
(c) Mouse urine.
(d) Owl droppings.

3. In what year did the Great Plague hit London?
(a) 1557.
(b) 1428.
(c) 1665.
(d) 1293.

4. According to the "Rivet Hypothesis," what happens to the ecosystem as each species is removed?
(a) More stable.
(b) A desert.
(c) Less stable.
(d) Full of holes.

5. Near what United States city is the CDC headquartered?
(a) Seattle, WA.
(b) Phoenix, AZ.
(c) Atlanta, GA.
(d) Albany, NY.

Short Answer Questions

1. The disease that Ron MacKenzie went to Bolivia to investigate in Chapter 1: "Machupo" was dubbed by local doctors as ____________.

2. What CDC director was fired over the first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease?

3. In what year did a type of swine flu strike in Texas simultaneously with another less deadly strain?

4. East and West Germany merged in what year, causing AIDS to strike fiercely?

5. What surgeon traveled to the capital of Uganda only to discover that their virus matched the AIDS epidemic?

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