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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. 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"?
(a) Harold Jaffe.
(b) Friedrich Miescher.
(c) Lily Pinneo.
(d) Merl Kuns.

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

3. When was the CDC founded?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1942.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To combat the coming plagues, Garrett suggests focusing on __________________.

2. Soon after the first outbreak described in Chapter 5: "Yambuku," another outbreak was seen at the hospital in what location?

3. The Great Plague of London killed approximately how many people?

4. Lyme disease is an emerging infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to what genus?

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

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