Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Leprosy has affected humanity for over how many years?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 7,500.
2. Which United States Representative showed that the poor areas of India were already seeing an epidemic by 1991?
(a) Ron MacKenzie.
(b) Alexander Fleming.
(c) Jim McDermott.
(d) Fred Murphy.
3. What surgeon traveled to the capital of Uganda only to discover that their virus matched the AIDS epidemic?
(a) Richard Shope.
(b) Clint Nyamurkunge.
(c) Jim McDermott.
(d) Daniel Elmer Salmon.
4. According to the author in Chapter 13, what were vital to cell transformation?
(a) Antiviral cascades.
(b) Protein inhibitors.
(c) Amino acids.
(d) Plasmids and transposons.
5. In Chapter 11: "Hatari: Vinidogodogo," where were the doctors following a particularly virulent strain of herpes?
(a) Lagos.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Lusaka.
(d) Kinshasha.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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"?
2. The Uganda-Tanzania War took place during what years?
3. In what state is the town of Lyme, for which Lyme disease was named, located?
4. In what year did the Great Plague hit London?
5. Lyme disease is an emerging infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to what genus?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe the evolution of staph infections in Chapter 13: "Revenge of the Germs"?
2. What was the CDC's response to the initial outbreak of AIDS? Where had similar cases been seen?
3. What are retroviruses and oncogenes? What was discovered about them in Chapter 8: "Revolution"?
4. What was the impact of tuberculosis in America? What improved conditions?
5. What impact did AIDS have in India?
6. What led to the epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases amongst the gay community?
7. What obstacles did Joe McCormick find in the fight against the Lassa virus?
8. What was the impact of antibiotics given to animals, as discussed in Chapter 13: "Revenge of the Germs"?
9. How does the author describe the correlation between tampons and outbreaks of TSS in Chapter 12?
10. How does the author describe the initial occurrences of AIDS in Chapter 11? Where were the outbreaks first seen?
|
This section contains 903 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
