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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. What is a virus that is duplicated in a host cell using the reverse transcriptase enzyme to produce DNA from its RNA genome?
(a) Slow virus.
(b) Polyvirus.
(c) Retrovirus.
(d) Omnivirus.

2. What organ does tuberculosis usually attack?
(a) Lung.
(b) Brain.
(c) Kidneys.
(d) Heart.

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

4. 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.

5. In Chapter 11: "Hatari: Vinidogodogo," where were the doctors following a particularly virulent strain of herpes?
(a) Lusaka.
(b) Kinshasha.
(c) Magdalena.
(d) Lagos.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10: "Distant Thunder," the author writes that Harvey Milk was assassinated in what year?

2. The hantavirus was first discovered during what war?

3. In sociology, what is the social process of becoming or being relegated to the fringe of society?

4. In the United States, the tuberculosis crisis peaked in 1830 and what other year?

5. What did GRID stand for when it was first applied to the AIDS epidemic?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the impact of tuberculosis in America? What improved conditions?

3. What led to the epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases amongst the gay community?

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

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

6. What was the CDC's response to the initial outbreak of AIDS? Where had similar cases been seen?

7. How did drug use perpetuate the spread of AIDS?

8. What was the impact of antibiotics given to animals, as discussed in Chapter 13: "Revenge of the Germs"?

9. What are retroviruses and oncogenes? What was discovered about them in Chapter 8: "Revolution"?

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

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