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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 what year did seals begin to die in mass numbers, signaling a new disease?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1994.
(c) 2004.
(d) 1988.

2. What is a potentially fatal illness caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Toxic Shock Syndrome.
(d) Junin.

3. What does MRSA stand for?
(a) Microbial reproductive static amoebae.
(b) Muscular respritory stimulated activity.
(c) Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus.
(d) Mammalian reproductive staphylococcus aureus.

4. Lyme disease is an emerging infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to what genus?
(a) Junin.
(b) Schistosomiasis.
(c) Pneumocystis.
(d) Borrelia.

5. Joe McCormick met with scientists from what country that wanted samples of the Lassa virus?
(a) The United States.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) Australia.
(d) Brazil.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did the Great Plague hit London?

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

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

5. What was the second social epidemic noted by the WHO?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author describe the correlation between tampons and outbreaks of TSS in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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