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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In She Stoops to Conquer, what was the name of Mrs. Hardcastle's son by a former marriage?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Martin.
(c) Willy.
(d) Tony.

2. What did Menninger believe should be done to rectify the conception of disease?
(a) Re-imagine it.
(b) De-mythicize it.
(c) Change the vision.
(d) De-stigmatize it.

3. In Chapter 3, what type of diseases are TB and cancer understood to be?
(a) Vigor.
(b) Ardor.
(c) Zest.
(d) Passion.

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

5. When Theophile Gautier was young, what was the maximum weight he would have accepted a person as a lyrical poet?
(a) 99 pounds.
(b) 105 pounds.
(c) 110 pounds.
(d) 115 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. In ancient times, what did people believe most often caused disease?

2. In the 19th century, what place was tought to be good for tuberculars?

3. In Chapter 3, what type of people were thought to be affected by TB?

4. When did Joseph Severn, Keats's companion, write that all the furniture in the room where Keats died was burned?

5. What feeling does Sontag think in Chapter 1 that a disease arouses?

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