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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tubercular consumed by, as described in Chapter 3?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Fervour.
(c) Gusto.
(d) Ardor.

2. When did Schlegel write his essay On the Study of Greek Poetry?
(a) 1790.
(b) 1781.
(c) 1786.
(d) 1795.

3. What feeling does Sontag think in Chapter 1 that a disease arouses?
(a) Dread.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Panic.
(d) Horror.

4. Where did Insarov, the hero of On the Eve, die?
(a) Naples.
(b) Florence.
(c) Palermo.
(d) Venice.

5. In ancient times, what did people believe most often caused disease?
(a) Divine wrath.
(b) Manure.
(c) Hygiene.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Keats die?

2. In Wings of the Dove, what did Milly Theale's doctor advise as a cure for her TB?

3. As cancer is imagined to be caused by repression, how was TB explained?

4. In She Stoops to Conquer, what was the name of Mrs. Hardcastle's son by a former marriage?

5. In Chapter 2, according to what ancient physician did tumors resemble crabs?

(see the answer key)

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