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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. In Chapter 8: "Revolution," the author writes that the medical field discovered _____________, causing things to drastically change.
(a) Government subsidies.
(b) Genetic engineering.
(c) Insurance loopholes.
(d) Vaccinations.

2. 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) "Aristotle's disease."
(c) "Juliana's disease."
(d) "Aphrodite's disease."

3. 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) 2000 B.C.
(d) 1500 A.D.

4. 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.

5. What refers to a process by which thermal radiation is absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases and then re-radiated in all directions?
(a) Coriolis effect.
(b) Pythagoreas effect.
(c) Greenhouse effect.
(d) Ohm's law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the third social epidemic noted by WHO?

2. The Aswan High Dam is an embankment dam situated across what river?

3. Joe McCormick met with scientists from what country that wanted samples of the Lassa virus?

4. When E coli 0157:H7 arrived, transmitted from contaminated meat, which argument became clear?

5. The epidemics of what disease increased due to the Aswan High Dam inhibiting the natural fluctuations in water height?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the author describe the initial occurrences of AIDS in Chapter 11? Where were the outbreaks first seen?

5. What were the reasons that poverty stricken areas encouraged drug resistant bacteria?

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

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

8. What led to the outbreak of AIDS in Uganda? What was the impact of AIDS there?

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

10. When was the hantavirus first discovered? What was the source of the epidemics?

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