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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. Human trials of Albert Sabin's oral polio vaccine began in what year?

2. Researchers were able to track the outbreak of the Lassa virus to a woman from ______________.

3. In what year was Joe McCormick in Brazil overseeing a massive meningitis outbreak?

4. The author of the book's Preface discusses how our time in history will be tracked by newly emerging epidemics such as __________.

5. What does AIDS stand for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What backlash did the CDC meet after vaccinating against swine flu?

2. What led to the infection of Karl Johnson and Ron MacKenzie? Who saved them and how?

3. What led to the wane of study on parasitic disease? What discoveries were changing the way scientists viewed infectious viruses?

4. What did the World Health Organization discover to be the source of the Marburg disease? Who was called in for further research?

5. 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?

6. Where did Mandrella, Cargill, and Brinkmann go after being quarantined?

7. What were the results of attempts to eradicate malaria?

8. How does the author describe the initial outbreak of the Ebola virus? How many people initially died in Yambuku?

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

10. How was Lily Pinneo exposed to the Lassa virus? Where was she sent after being infected?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the history of the World Bank and its involvement in lending for modernization in underdeveloped nations. What were the impacts of these developments? What obstacles did Joe McCormick encounter in his work in Africa with the Lassa virus? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe and discuss Paul Bres and his work with the WHO, and the development of Ebola hemorrhagic fever. Where did the disease first appear? What were the living conditions of the villagers like and how did this contribute to the spread of the disease?

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