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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was convicted of the murder of Kitty Genovese?
(a) William Dupre.
(b) Ted Bundy.
(c) Winston Moseley.
(d) James Moorland.

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?
(a) John Bartlett.
(b) John Potterat.
(c) John Zenilman.
(d) Darnell McGee.

3. Darnell McGee admitted sexual relations with how many people after he knew he carried HIV?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 252.
(c) 398.
(d) 103.

4. Gaeton Dugas held what profession?
(a) Night club owner.
(b) Schoolteacher.
(c) Swim instructor.
(d) Flight attendant.

5. Who developed an eye movement sensor used in research for Sesame Street?
(a) Howard Friedman.
(b) Ed Palmer.
(c) John Bartlett.
(d) Barbara Flagg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does HIV stand for?

2. What does the author consider to be the first of the three rules of epidemics?

3. Researchers prior to Blue's Clues believed that children could not follow what?

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

5. On what date does the author describe a young boy overhearing news of the British invasion in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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