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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. According to the author in Chapter 13, what were vital to cell transformation?
(a) Amino acids.
(b) Antiviral cascades.
(c) Protein inhibitors.
(d) Plasmids and transposons.

2. What disease did children with malaria contract after being required to have nearly complete blood transfusions?
(a) Measles.
(b) Schistosomiasis.
(c) HIV.
(d) Junin.

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

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

5. The epidemics of what disease increased due to the Aswan High Dam inhibiting the natural fluctuations in water height?
(a) Swine Flu.
(b) Schistosomiasis.
(c) Yellow fever.
(d) Malaria.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8: "Revolution," the author writes that the medical field discovered _____________, causing things to drastically change.

2. Kaposi's sarcoma was originally described by Moritz Kaposi in what year?

3. In China, the use of what drug was encouraging AIDS to spread, according to the author in Chapter 14?

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

5. What refers to a process by which thermal radiation is absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases and then re-radiated in all directions?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was the impact of resistant microbes in third world countries?

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

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

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

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