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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. Dissenting voices began to be heard. How many major arguments existed?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

2. Who dies?
(a) Sidney Farber.
(b) Oscar Auerbach.
(c) Percival Pott.
(d) Evarts Graham.

3. 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) Inconclusive.
(c) Somewhat conclusive.
(d) Conclusive.

4. At the clinic they would run clinical trials and focus on what?
(a) Getting clear test results.
(b) Laboratory experiments.
(c) The day to day care of patients.
(d) The rate of survival from cancer.

5. Freireich was obsessed with continuing clinical trials. The combinations of drugs provided ______________ number of combinations.
(a) An infinite.
(b) A limited.
(c) A small.
(d) A great.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says his heart was in what?

2. What question arose from the study of these two genes?

3. Doctors began to experiment with using __________ drug combinations to combat cancer cells.

4. Cancer returned to the media spotlight in every way, particularly through _______________.

5. What does Cole say about the results of many surgeries?

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