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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. In sociology, what is the social process of becoming or being relegated to the fringe of society?

2. What organ does tuberculosis usually attack?

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

4. The Aswan High Dam is an embankment dam situated across what river?

5. By what year did the World Bank see the need for better health care in poorly developed countries?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the reasons that poverty stricken areas encouraged drug resistant bacteria?

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

3. How does the author correlate the development of urban centers to the growth of disease in Chapter 9: "Microbe Magnets"?

4. What led to the outbreak of AIDS in Uganda? What was the impact of AIDS there?

5. What was the message delivered by Johnathan Mann in Chapter 14: "Thirdworldization"? To whom did he speak?

6. What obstacles did Joe McCormick find in the fight against the Lassa virus?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the history and development of penicillin and the Institute of Medicine's panel on AIDS in the 1990s, as examined in the book's Introduction. What was discussed at the panel and what impact did it have on the spread of AIDS? By what decade does the author write that AIDS was an epidemic in the book's Introduction?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and analyze the environmental factors in the spread of the Manchupo virus. How did changes in farming techniques and pest eradication affect the environment in the village? What led to an infestation of mice in the area? How did the mouse urine end up in contact with the villagers?

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