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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Tom Moore visit Byron in Patras?
(a) April 1828.
(b) February 1828.
(c) March 1828.
(d) January 1828.

2. When did Baudelaire write the essay L'Ecole paienne"?
(a) 1841.
(b) 1852.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1837.

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

4. What did Reich call the energy he found equivalent to cancer in the biosphere?
(a) Ozone.
(b) Helium.
(c) Argon.
(d) Orgone.

5. According to the Oxford English dictionary, what synonym was used for pulmonary tuberculosis for centuries?
(a) Scofula.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Wasting disease.
(d) White plague.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who said there was no one in the world who was less able to conceal his emotion than Kant?

3. When is the entry for pestilence dated in the Oxford English Dictionary?

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

5. Before what time was it not possible to identify leukemia as a type of cancer?

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