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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sabin von Schocky do when he found that radium had gotten into his left index finger?
(a) He cut the tip of his finger off.
(b) He kept ice on his finger for 24 hours.
(c) He poured milk on it to counteract the radium's effects.
(d) He set his finger on fire.

2. In what city was the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?
(a) Orange, California.
(b) Ottawa, Illinois.
(c) Newark, New Jersey.
(d) New York, New York.

3. By whom was Edna Hussman employed when she was examined by Dr. Frederick Flinn?
(a) Undark.
(b) Luminite.
(c) Radium Dial.
(d) United States Radium Corporation.

4. In what year was radium first discovered?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1918.

5. By 1925, Radium Dial became the largest dial-painting plant in the United States, supplying how many dials per day?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 4,300.
(d) 3,600.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under state law in the early twentieth century in New Jersey, the Department of Labor had no authority to stop an industrial process even if it was what?

2. Why was radium such a scarce resource?

3. Who looked pointedly at Grace Fryer on one instance within the studio and warned her not to lip-point, a comment that would later take on great significance in court?

4. Until 1922, Cecil K. Drinker's department at Harvard was wholly funded by what source?

5. The radium powder at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation was mixed with what substance in order to create the luminous paint used to paint the dials?

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