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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Howard Levanthal’s research showed that when each type of pamphlet included what, each category saw an increase in attendance to the vaccine clinic?
(a) Commentary from doctors.
(b) Explanations of the vaccine.
(c) Photographs of diseased people.
(d) A map to the campus health center.

2. The author states that the tipping point for Hush Puppies Shoes came between what years?
(a) 1961-1962.
(b) 1987-1988.
(c) 1958-1959.
(d) 1994-1995.

3. Howard Levanthal distributed how many different pamphlets to seniors about shots in Chapter 3?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. What is a trivia game that rests on the assumption that any individual involved in the Hollywood, California film industry can be linked through his or her film roles to actor Kevin Bacon?
(a) “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.”
(b) “Seven Degrees of Separation.”
(c) “Ten Degrees of Kevin Bacon.”
(d) “Six Degrees of Separation.”

5. Who assembled the team that developed Blue's Clues?
(a) Todd Kessler.
(b) Ed Palmer.
(c) Barbara Flagg.
(d) Mark Alpert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fashion designer was heard to be wearing Hush Puppies Shoes when they experienced a resurgence, according to the author in the Introduction?

2. What researcher from Johns Hopkins University blames the syphilis epidemic in Baltimore on the breakdown of medical services in the city’s poorest neighborhoods, according to the author in Chapter 1?

3. Gaeton Dugas held what profession?

4. Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death in what neighborhood of Queens, New York?

5. Who does the author cite as a prototypical maven who is "almost pathologically helpful"?

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