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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The genus Salmonella was named after what American veterinary pathologist?
(a) Ron MacKenzie.
(b) Jim McDermott.
(c) Daniel Elmer Salmon.
(d) Joe McCormick.

2. In Chapter 10: "Distant Thunder," the author writes that Harvey Milk was assassinated in what year?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1949.

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

4. 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) 2050.
(c) 2100.
(d) 2000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does PID refer to?

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

3. What country sought to improve its own infrastructures with little funding, relying instead on education?

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

5. E faecium became resistant to which last available antibiotic?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the Rivet Hypothesis in Chapter 16?

2. What was the impact of resistant microbes in third world countries?

3. How does the author describe the evolution of staph infections in Chapter 13: "Revenge of the Germs"?

4. With whom did Joe McCormick meet to discuss the Lassa virus? What was this relationship like?

5. How does the author describe the outbreak of Lyme disease? How did human interaction impact the disease?

6. How did the discovery of genetic engineering change the views of the scientific community?

7. What was the message delivered by Johnathan Mann in Chapter 14: "Thirdworldization"? To whom did he speak?

8. What illness broke out in New Mexico in 1993? How many people died?

9. What impact did AIDS have in India?

10. What obstacles did Joe McCormick find in the fight against the Lassa virus?

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