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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. In Russia, a poor health care system that was impoverished following the fall of Communism forced the reuse of _______________.
(a) Specimen vials.
(b) Syringes.
(c) Transfusion apparatus.
(d) Surgical gloves.

2. After at least nineteen cases with twelve deaths in New Mexico, what epidemiologist began to work on the issue with the CDC?
(a) Don Francis.
(b) Jay Butler.
(c) Paul Bres.
(d) Fred Murphy.

3. When was penicillin first discovered?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1961.

4. When was the term antibiotic first coined?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1966.

5. What does the acronym WHO stand for?
(a) Wellness and Health Organization.
(b) World Health Organization.
(c) Wholesome and Holistic Outlook.
(d) Women's Health Operation.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first polio vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk and first tested in what year?

2. What was the confirmed source of the first epidemic of Legionnaire's disease?

3. Where in Bolivia did Ron MacKenzie travel in order to investigate a disease in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

4. What leader in infectious disease was called in to test the deadly virus against samples of thousands of viruses in his lab in Chapter 3: "Monkey Kidneys and the Ebbing Tides"?

5. The first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease occurred during what month in the year 1976?

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