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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. East and West Germany merged in what year, causing AIDS to strike fiercely?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1972.

2. The Aswan High Dam is an embankment dam situated across what river?
(a) The Amazon River.
(b) The Ganges River.
(c) The Mississippi River.
(d) The Nile River.

3. To what drugs was the herpes epidemic resistant?
(a) Omnibacterial.
(b) Antiviral.
(c) Antibacterial.
(d) Superviral.

4. Chapter 9: "Microbe Magnets" explains that prior to ___________ large cities were rare, and most of the illness threats were parasitic.
(a) 500 A.D.
(b) 6000 B.C.
(c) 1500 A.D.
(d) 2000 B.C.

5. What is a form of pneumonia caused by the yeast-like fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii?
(a) Junin.
(b) Schistosomiasis.
(c) Pneumocystis pneumonia.
(d) Swine Flu.

6. The author notes in Chapter 16 that when humans throw off nature's balance and cause smaller diversity, what emerges?
(a) Microbes.
(b) Mammals.
(c) Fungi.
(d) Birds.

7. The Uganda-Tanzania War led to the overthrow of whose regime?
(a) Oto Eron's.
(b) Eze Oman's.
(c) Aba Inor's.
(d) Idi Amin's.

8. What does MRSA stand for?
(a) Muscular respritory stimulated activity.
(b) Mammalian reproductive staphylococcus aureus.
(c) Microbial reproductive static amoebae.
(d) Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus.

9. 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) Execute them.
(b) Imprison them.
(c) Quarentine them.
(d) Deport them.

10. Hantaviruses are carried by what type of animal?
(a) Lizards.
(b) Rodents.
(c) Birds.
(d) Bats.

11. An increase in sand flies resulted in an increase in what disease, according to the author in Chapter 9?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Dengue fever.
(c) Pneumocystis pneumonia.
(d) Schistosomiasis.

12. French and Belgium scientists began to suspect the AIDS disease was a virus with what origins?
(a) American.
(b) European.
(c) African.
(d) Australian.

13. The hantavirus was first discovered during what war?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Gulf War.

14. 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) Lily Pinneo.
(b) Merl Kuns.
(c) Friedrich Miescher.
(d) Harold Jaffe.

15. In Chapter 7: "N'zara," Joe McCormick was called to _____________ during his Lassa research.
(a) Magdalena.
(b) Monrovia.
(c) Lusaka.
(d) Kinshasha.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did seals begin to die in mass numbers, signaling a new disease?

2. A study in Africa related to TB showed its decrease was likely due to what?

3. What country had further issues with the AIDS epidemic in that two separate strains of the disease were erupting?

4. What organ does tuberculosis usually attack?

5. What disease did children with malaria contract after being required to have nearly complete blood transfusions?

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