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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the author write that the Institute of Medicine convened a panel to discuss the severity of a microbial threat to United States citizens in the Introduction?

2. Maridi is a town located in what country?

3. Author Laurie Garrett was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1996 for a series of works published in what publication?

4. Soon after the first outbreak described in Chapter 5: "Yambuku," another outbreak was seen at the hospital in what location?

5. What refers to the disease fighting white blood cells that help the immune system fight off infection?

Short Essay Questions

1. With whom did Karl Johnson work to develop a safety measure for the doctors in Bolivia in Chapter 1: "Machupo"? What was found in San Joaquin?

2. What did Karl Johnson contract in the beginning of Chapter 1: "Machupo"? Who had traveled to Bolivia and what did this scientist find upon his arrival?

3. What did Karl Johnson's team discover to be the source of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever? What was done to eradicate the disease?

4. How does the author describe the initial outbreak of Marburg disease? What were the symptoms of the disease?

5. How does the author describe the AIDS epidemic in the book's Introduction? What measures were taken to monitor the disease?

6. What led to Lily Pinneo's blood being used for antibodies?

7. Whom does the author describe in the book's Introduction? What questions does she present as indications of her life's work?

8. What viruses made impacts in the United States, according to the author in Chapter 6: "American Bicentennial"? When did they occur?

9. What did the Centers for Disease Control do upon learning of the Ebola epidemic?

10. How is modernization defined? What are the effects of modernization according to the author in the Introduction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the current epidemics in the world and solutions to future epidemics as based on the book's preface and the concepts of Johnathan Mann. What are the causes for greater risks of epidemics today than ten years ago? In what ways have these developments helped society and in what ways have they hindered it?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the yellow fever epidemic in the 1970s and Joe McCormick's work in Brazil. How had the bacteria developed resistance to antibiotics and when was a vaccine finally developed? Why was spread of the disease possible in the US but less possible in South America?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze Patricia Webb, Fred Murphy, Joel Breman and Peter Piot and their work and research on the Ebola virus. Who traveled to Yambuku and what was discovered there? How many different Ebola viruses exist and how do they differ?

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