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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As described in Chapter 1, what unnecessary practices might members of the household of a cancer patient subject the patient to?
(a) Decontamination practices.
(b) Disinfection practices.
(c) Sterilization practices.
(d) Sanitation practices.

2. When was the term "La tubercule" (10) introlduced by Ambroise Pare?
(a) 16th century.
(b) 14th century.
(c) 17th century.
(d) 15th century.

3. How old was Marie Bashkirtsev when she died?
(a) 18.
(b) 26.
(c) 24.
(d) 19.

4. When did Keats die?
(a) November 1820.
(b) December 1820.
(c) February 1821.
(d) January 1821.

5. In Chapter 5, what disease individualized a person?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) TB.
(c) Plague.
(d) Typhus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city was struck by plague in Oedipus?

2. When did Alice James die from cancer?

3. How does Sontag say people with cancer might be treated by relatives and friends?

4. At what sanatorium in Chapter 2, did patients carry their X-rays with them?

5. As a scourge, what did syphilis imply in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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