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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did George Etherege write the play The Man of Mode?
(a) 1676.
(b) 1611.
(c) 1648.
(d) 1627.

2. What was the thwarted passion that killed Insarov in On the Eve?
(a) Idealism.
(b) Romanticism.
(c) Utopianism.
(d) Fanaticism.

3. Beginning with the Romantics, what disease was TB conceived to be a variant of?
(a) Devotion.
(b) Love.
(c) Affection.
(d) Adulation.

4. In Chapter 5, what was another notorious disease of the 19th century that was contracted by having sex with a carrier?
(a) Gonorrhea.
(b) Chlamydia.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Herpes.

5. At what medical school did Dr. Caroline Bedell Thomas work?
(a) University of California.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Johns Hopkins University school of Medicine.
(d) Harvard Medical School.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what type of diseases are TB and cancer understood to be?

2. In On The Eve, where is Insarov, the hero of the novel, from?

3. According to Herbert Snow, out of 140 cases of breast cancer, how many gave an account of previous mental trouble, hard work, or other problems?

4. When did Kafka write to Milena that his TB was caused by his mental disease?

5. In Death in Venice, what was the penalty for a secret love?

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