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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Sterilization practices.
(c) Sanitation practices.
(d) Disinfection practices.

3. What was once prescribed to tuberculars as a therapy that is now believed to stave off cancer?
(a) Being erotic.
(b) Indulging in the carnal.
(c) Liberated sexual life.
(d) Libidinous behavior.

4. In Chapter 1, how does Sontag describe doctors' efforts to cure TB for a long time?
(a) Incompetent.
(b) Ineffective.
(c) Inefficacious.
(d) Ineffectual.

5. At the time the book was written, when was TB thought to be incurable?
(a) Last 200 years.
(b) Last century.
(c) 1700s.
(d) 1800s.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Thoreau write about death and disease often being beautiful?

2. When did George Etherege write the play The Man of Mode?

3. When did Turgenev write On the Eve?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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