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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Keats write a letter to Fanny Brawne?
(a) November 1, 1820.
(b) November 19, 1820.
(c) November 30, 1820.
(d) November 23, 1820.

2. Why did Michel in Gide's The Immoralist contract TB?
(a) He withdrew from love.
(b) He embraced love.
(c) He embraced his sexual nature.
(d) He repressed his sexual nature.

3. When did Robert Louis Stevenson write Ordered South?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1884.
(d) 1874.

4. In Chapter 2, according to what ancient physician did tumors resemble crabs?
(a) Damocrates.
(b) Antipater.
(c) Zopyrus.
(d) Galen.

5. When did Novalis write about the ideal of perfect health?
(a) 1790-1791.
(b) 1780-1781.
(c) 1799-1800.
(d) 1800-1801.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 1, what words does Sontag use to describe the type of invasion cancer is?

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

4. When did Kafa write about his TB in a letter to Max Brod in Chapter 5?

5. How many people have to become citizens of the sick, according to Sontag?

(see the answer key)

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