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We started the semester discussing how the experiences of the Hebrew people shaped decisions about what stories to preserve and how they would be told. In particular the Babylonian Exile was a transformative time that gave the Hebrew people reasons for preserving, editing, and developing the Hebrew Bible. What questions did the Babylonian Exile raise for the Hebrew people, and how did they answer those questions? How did those answers influence pre-exilic, exilic, and post-exilic stories and literature included in the Hebrew Bible?

True or False? Quarantine is applied to people who have a contagious infection.

True or False? For women with breast cancer who live in low-income countries, a mastectomy followed by use of the drug tamoxifen is likely to be the best available treatment option.

True or False? Water, sanitation system, and hygiene interventions are cost-effective means for reducing the preventable burden of water- and sanitation-related diseases in low- and middle-income countries.

Which statement about interpersonal violence is true?

Which statement about voluntourism is true?

The way a particular set of alleles is expressed in physical appearance, the way a person develops or functions physiologically, or disease status, is called a _____.

Which of the following became the focus of the most international health work following the Alma-Ata Conference of 1978, which developed the goal of achieving “Health for All by 2000” through the reduction of barriers to healthcare access, especially in poor and rural areas?

What condition causes many women to be ostracized by their communities because they have a bad odor?

True or False? Prejudiced thoughts lead to discrimination, but not all people who hold prejudicial beliefs act on them.