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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. Which United States Representative showed that the poor areas of India were already seeing an epidemic by 1991?
(a) Fred Murphy.
(b) Jim McDermott.
(c) Ron MacKenzie.
(d) Alexander Fleming.

2. In Chapter 7: "N'zara," Joe McCormick was called to _____________ during his Lassa research.
(a) Lusaka.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Monrovia.
(d) Kinshasha.

3. The Aswan High Dam was constructed during what decade?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1990s.

4. Leprosy has affected humanity for over how many years?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 7,500.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 10,000.

5. What did GRID stand for when it was first applied to the AIDS epidemic?
(a) Gastromic reguritory infectious virus.
(b) Gay related immunodeficiency virus.
(c) Germ reduction in verility.
(d) Geographic radiant in variant.

Short Answer Questions

1. The WHO created the Declaration of Alma-Ata which sought to unite the world in a push to create healthy living conditions for everyone by what year?

2. 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?

3. 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"?

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

5. The hantavirus was first seen in what year?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What impact did AIDS have in India?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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