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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a small village in Uganda, young women began becoming ill following sex with a traveling salesman and the disease was dubbed ______________.
(a) "Rachel's disease."
(b) "Juliana's disease."
(c) "Aristotle's disease."
(d) "Aphrodite's disease."

2. 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) Lily Pinneo.
(c) Merl Kuns.
(d) Friedrich Miescher.

3. What disease did children with malaria contract after being required to have nearly complete blood transfusions?
(a) Schistosomiasis.
(b) HIV.
(c) Measles.
(d) Junin.

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

5. An epidemic of what disease proved that the United States was in rough shape and in need of timely vaccinations?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Schistosomiasis.
(c) Measles.
(d) Dengue fever.

6. In China, the use of what drug was encouraging AIDS to spread, according to the author in Chapter 14?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Methamphetamine.
(c) Heroin.
(d) LSD.

7. In what year did the Great Plague hit London?
(a) 1665.
(b) 1293.
(c) 1557.
(d) 1428.

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

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

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

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

12. In what year did the CDC call the first International AIDS Conference?
(a) 1985.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1991.

13. A study in Africa related to TB showed its decrease was likely due to what?
(a) Lack of rats.
(b) Democratic government.
(c) Improved housing.
(d) Electricity.

14. In sociology, what is the social process of becoming or being relegated to the fringe of society?
(a) Marginalization.
(b) Martyrdom.
(c) Anthromigration.
(d) Polygamy.

15. By what year did the World Bank see the need for better health care in poorly developed countries?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1990.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Black Plague reached its peak in Europe between what years?

2. In Chapter 8: "Revolution," the author writes that the medical field discovered _____________, causing things to drastically change.

3. East and West Germany merged in what year, causing AIDS to strike fiercely?

4. An increase in sand flies resulted in an increase in what disease, according to the author in Chapter 9?

5. What organ does tuberculosis usually attack?

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