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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Prevention Is the Cure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One woman with choriocarcinoma was treated with _____________ and recovered.
(a) Chemotherapy.
(b) Antifolates.
(c) Homeopathic remedies.
(d) Folic acid.

2. In London, the socialized health program required that all doctors be registered with the government. Deaths were noted, as were their causes. Smokers were also noted in reports. Describe the results of the studies conducted from those reports.
(a) Very conclusive.
(b) Conclusive.
(c) Inconclusive.
(d) Somewhat conclusive.

3. Albert Lasker was diagnosed with colon cancer and eventually died. Farber was also diagnosed with a type of colon cancer but survived. The more personal brushes with cancer did what?
(a) Ended Farber and Lasker's campaigning.
(b) Intimidated Farber and Lasker.
(c) Fueled the fire for Farber and Lasker.
(d) Surprised Farber and Lasker.

4. The radical mastectomy needed to be tested against what?
(a) The lumpectomy plus radiation.
(b) The simple mastectomy.
(c) The lumpectomy.
(d) The simply mastectomy and lumpectomy plus radiation.

5. This place was a space marked indelibly in the history of what?
(a) Surgery.
(b) Chemotherapy.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. MOPP caused what?

2. Who was Henry Kaplan?

3. Every battle needs its iconic battleground, and one physical place epitomized the cancer wars of the late _________.

4. In 1961 the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association and the __________________________ wrote a letter to President John F. Kennedy, asking for help in fighting cancer.

5. In 1969, the New York Times published an open letter to ___________________ begging him to support cancer research.

(see the answer key)

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