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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Johnathan Mann's team advised global education, but in the aftermath of the AIDS epidemic, many countries began to do what to immigrants with the disease?
(a) Deport them.
(b) Quarentine them.
(c) Imprison them.
(d) Execute them.
2. In Chapter 10: "Distant Thunder," the author writes that Harvey Milk was assassinated in what year?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1949.
3. 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) 1995.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2050.
(d) 2100.
4. The genus Salmonella was named after what American veterinary pathologist?
(a) Jim McDermott.
(b) Daniel Elmer Salmon.
(c) Ron MacKenzie.
(d) Joe McCormick.
5. Kaposi's sarcoma was originally described by Moritz Kaposi in what year?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1842.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1932.
6. By what year did the World Bank see the need for better health care in poorly developed countries?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1963.
7. To what drugs was the herpes epidemic resistant?
(a) Superviral.
(b) Omnibacterial.
(c) Antibacterial.
(d) Antiviral.
8. When E coli 0157:H7 arrived, transmitted from contaminated meat, which argument became clear?
(a) Using pesticides.
(b) Over-drugging farm animals.
(c) Growing fruit crops.
(d) Famine.
9. What, along with other chemicals, was used to eradicate the mosquito causing an increase in sand flies?
(a) DMR.
(b) LSD.
(c) DDT.
(d) TCW.
10. The Uganda-Tanzania War took place during what years?
(a) 1977-1981.
(b) 1978-1979.
(c) 1967-1971.
(d) 1982-1985.
11. What was the third social epidemic noted by WHO?
(a) Denial of the plague.
(b) Repression of those with the plague.
(c) Acceptance of the plague.
(d) Fear of the plague.
12. East and West Germany merged in what year, causing AIDS to strike fiercely?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1977.
13. What is a nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor used for the treatment of HIV/AIDS?
(a) YAV.
(b) OMG.
(c) CTC.
(d) AZT.
14. In Chapter 8: "Revolution," the author writes that the medical field discovered _____________, causing things to drastically change.
(a) Vaccinations.
(b) Insurance loopholes.
(c) Genetic engineering.
(d) Government subsidies.
15. What refers to an epidemic of an infectious disease that is spreading through human populations across a large region?
(a) Extermination.
(b) Pandemic.
(c) Sociopath.
(d) Arythmia.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what state is the town of Lyme, for which Lyme disease was named, located?
2. What refers to a process by which thermal radiation is absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases and then re-radiated in all directions?
3. French and Belgium scientists began to suspect the AIDS disease was a virus with what origins?
4. The French finally announced they had discovered what virus believed to cause AIDS?
5. Lyme disease is an emerging infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to what genus?
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