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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. When E coli 0157:H7 arrived, transmitted from contaminated meat, which argument became clear?
(a) Using pesticides.
(b) Famine.
(c) Over-drugging farm animals.
(d) Growing fruit crops.

2. Chapter 9: "Microbe Magnets" explains that prior to ___________ large cities were rare, and most of the illness threats were parasitic.
(a) 6000 B.C.
(b) 500 A.D.
(c) 2000 B.C.
(d) 1500 A.D.

3. What was the second social epidemic noted by the WHO?
(a) Acceptance of the plague.
(b) Fear of the plague.
(c) Repression of those with the plague.
(d) Denial of the plague.

4. Some bacteria began using spore formation to defend against antibiotics, and this worked well against ___________.
(a) Citric acid.
(b) Chlorine.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) DDT.

5. Johnathan Mann's team advised global education, but in the aftermath of the AIDS epidemic, many countries began to do what to immigrants with the disease?
(a) Deport them.
(b) Imprison them.
(c) Quarentine them.
(d) Execute them.

Short Answer Questions

1. French and Belgium scientists began to suspect the AIDS disease was a virus with what origins?

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

3. In Chapter 13: "Revenge of the Germs," by what year were many viruses resistant to antibiotics, including the staph infection?

4. The hantavirus was first discovered during what war?

5. Lyme disease was first discovered when a number of cases were identified in what year?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author correlate the development of urban centers to the growth of disease in Chapter 9: "Microbe Magnets"?

3. How did many nations respond to the AIDS epidemic?

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

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

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

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

8. What three social epidemics related to the biological epidemic of AIDS are observed in Chapter 14: "Thirdworldization"?

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

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

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