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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maridi is a town located in what country?
(a) Uganda.
(b) South Sudan.
(c) The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
(d) Tanzania.

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

3. Who discovered that the flu lived harmlessly in pig mucus, and thus, dubbed the new virus swine flu?
(a) Richard Shope.
(b) Selman Waksman.
(c) Daniel Elmer Salmon.
(d) Paul Bres.

4. Who wrote the Preface to The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance?
(a) Fred Murphy.
(b) Uwe Brinkmann.
(c) Johnathan Mann.
(d) Laurie Garrett

5. Where was Peter Piot sent to study the virus later known as Ebola?
(a) Spain.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Tanzania.
(d) Zaire.

6. In what year was Joe McCormick in Brazil overseeing a massive meningitis outbreak?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1981.

7. What profession did Karl Johnson's fiancee have, as described in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) Neurologist.
(b) Oncologist.
(c) Virologist.
(d) Dermatologist.

8. Where did Adam Cargill go after being released from a holding facility in Chapter 4?
(a) Hamburg, Germany.
(b) Warsaw, Poland.
(c) Sussex, England.
(d) Marburg, Germany.

9. The Republic of Liberia is located on what continent?
(a) South America.
(b) Europe.
(c) Africa.
(d) Asia.

10. Where was Lily Pinneo flown after contracting the Lassa virus?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) New York.
(c) North Dakota.
(d) Nevada.

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

12. According to the author in Chapter 6: "American Bicentennial," the CDC was being berated since how many elderly individuals died following their vaccinations for swine flu?
(a) 3.
(b) 14.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

13. In what country was Jordi Casals born?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) Egypt.
(d) France.

14. What expert of viruses at WHO was dispatched to Maridi to gather samples in Chapter 5: "Yambuku"?
(a) Richard Shope.
(b) Paul Bres.
(c) Merl Kuns.
(d) Al Wieden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. German authorities began to argue with the authorities of ___________ over the Lassa virus in Chapter 4.

2. Author Laurie Garrett refers to Karl Johnson and Ron MacKenzie as the first _______ in Chapter 1: "Machupo."

3. Who was treating Bernhard Mandrella for the Lassa virus when he met Kent Campbell?

4. What refers to the disease fighting white blood cells that help the immune system fight off infection?

5. The term antibiotic was coined by whom?

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