Chapter 4 Vocabulary Quiz

What does it mean if someone or something is asymptomatic?

• a person who has a disease/infection

• a person who has a disease/infection and doesn't show symptoms

• a person who doesn't have a disease/infection and doesn't show symptoms

• a person who has a disease/infection and shows symptoms

What does discreet mean?

• loudly

• suspiciously

• quietly

• A noisy toy that makes a lot of noise.

What does "scolding" mean?

• to censure usually severely or angrily

• to pour hot water onto something/someone

• to take out or up with or as if with a scoop

• approve or praise

Why was the Warren family ashamed to have caught typhoid? (page 74)

• it was a disease that, before this, infected lower class citizens

• it was a disease that, before this, infected upper class citizens

• it was a disease that, before this, infected only americans

• it was a disease that, before this, infected only new yorkers

What does elaborate mean?

• to make more clear or explicit

• to understand thoroughly

• to make something more prepared

• planned or carried out with great care

What year did Mary die? (page 84)

• 1938

• 1928

• 1937

• 1927

What does whisked mean?

• small hairs on the face of a cat

• to take or move (someone or something) in a particular direction suddenly and quickly.

• to remove someone from an email

• a kitchen utensil

What is hygiene?

• conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease

• an element on the periodic table

• a dental assistant

• the definition of a germ

What is a reputation?

• a mood or feeling

• the belief that one group is better than another

• the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something.

• someones social class

What do epidemiologists do?

• Study elements

• study people

• study diseases

• study only cholera