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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although TB was celebrated as a disease of passion, what was it also regarded as?
(a) Disease of suprression.
(b) Disease of restraint.
(c) Disease of inhibition.
(d) Disease of repression.

2. In Chapter 3, what type of people were thought to be affected by TB?
(a) Dissolute.
(b) Hedonic and intermperate.
(c) Depraved and lascivious.
(d) Reckless and sensual.

3. In Chapter 5, where was Gustav von Aschenbach?
(a) Venice.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Rome.
(d) Corsica.

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

5. What did people believe cancer patients lacked that caused them to get the disease?
(a) Passion.
(b) Vitality.
(c) Ardor.
(d) Fervor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Iliad, what God punished the Achaeans for the abduction of Chryses' daughter?

2. 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?

3. When did George Etherege write the play The Man of Mode?

4. In Chapter 5, what disease did Hans Castorp have?

5. When did English surgeon Sir Astley Cooper find grief and anxiety to be among the most frequent causes of breast cancer?

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