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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: A Distorted Version of Our Normal Selves.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Cancer returned to the media spotlight in every way, particularly through _______________.
(a) Magazines.
(b) Television.
(c) Movies.
(d) Books.

3. Geneticists needed to learn what?
(a) To "find" the gene.
(b) To "hunt" the virus' gene.
(c) To "track" the gene in a new way.
(d) To "see" the gene in a new way.

4. Every battle needs its iconic battleground, and one physical place epitomized the cancer wars of the late _________.
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1980s.

5. The first VAMP trial was launched in ___________. The results were abysmal. Refinements showed progress and even success. However, the cost was quite high for the young patients.
(a) 1981.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1971.

Short Answer Questions

1. The conference determined that lung cancer could be caused by what?

2. The author discusses the importance of whose "OncoMouse?"

3. The radical mastectomy needed to be tested against what?

4. The theory showed how soot, radiation, cigarette smoke and other outside insults could cause cancer by doing what?

5. In hypertrophy, the number of cells __________ change.

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