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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 3 91-Tangos.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How big is a typical virus flask?
(a) The size of a large bowl.
(b) The size of a person's hand.
(c) The size of a fingernail.
(d) The size of a person's thumb.

2. What does the monkey's spleen look like?
(a) It is leathery.
(b) It is puffed up.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) It is tough.

3. Who is the person who first photographed the Ebola virus?
(a) Frederick Murphy.
(b) Tom Geisbert.
(c) Nancy Jaax.
(d) Gene Johnson.

4. What is Ebola virus named for?
(a) The Ebola Institute, where it was identified.
(b) Dr. Ebola, the person who first isolated it.
(c) The Ebola River.
(d) John Ebola, the index case.

5. What does Tom Geisbert realize the "pepper" is that he sees in the cells?
(a) Inclusion bodies.
(b) Dust.
(c) Pseudomonas.
(d) Bits of hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom Geisbert think has infected his cells after looking at them through the electron microscope?

2. What is the "first line of defense" against a hot agent?

3. Where has the gear and equipment used for the Reston mission been used before?

4. Why does Jahrling originally think the samples are NOT Marburg?

5. What infectious virus has Peters studied in Bolivia?

(see the answer key)

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