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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was fever a sign of in TB, as described in Chapter 3?
(a) Inward burning.
(b) Being ablaze.
(c) Inward flame.
(d) Being enflamed.

2. Until what time are the main symptoms of cancer usually invisible?
(a) Middle stage.
(b) 3rd stage.
(c) Last stage.
(d) 4th stage.

3. When did George Etherege write the play The Man of Mode?
(a) 1611.
(b) 1676.
(c) 1648.
(d) 1627.

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

5. When did Thoreau write about death and disease often being beautiful?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1843.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1847.

Short Answer Questions

1. What diseases have been encumbered by the trappings of metaphor?

2. What does contact with someone afflicted with a disease that appeares to be a mysterious malevolency feel like, as described in Chapter 1?

3. When did Thomas Paynell discuss cancer as a canker?

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

5. What was once prescribed to tuberculars as a therapy that is now believed to stave off cancer?

(see the answer key)

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