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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13: Breeding a One-Fanged Rattler.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do most Virginians expect the Revolutionary War to erase?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Their debts from England.
(c) Their hatred of England.
(d) Their tie to tobacco.

2. Who lobbies President Kennedy to open a national commission on smoking in 1961?
(a) The American Cancer Society along with the American Heart Association and two other medical organizations.
(b) Small anti-smoking organizations in various states.
(c) The American Tobacco Company, along with other tobacco companies.
(d) Other non-smoking politicians.

3. What theory is published in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN?
(a) How smoking is good for the heart.
(b) How smoking overworked the heart.
(c) How smoking overworks the lungs.
(d) How smoking is a dirty habit.

4. How does the TIRC respond?
(a) With a nasty letter.
(b) With heightened attacks.
(c) With the health benefits of smoking.
(d) In agreement.

5. How are most periodicals in the 1930s toward attacking cigarettes?
(a) Weak.
(b) Non-existent.
(c) Strong.
(d) Moderate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the Great Depression wanes?

2. When Columbus arrives in America, what does he discover about tobacco?

3. How does R.J. Reynolds differentiate his product?

4. How does American Tobacco Company's Pall Mall brand gain ground?

5. What is Congress still unwilling to do?

(see the answer key)

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