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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 an an inadvertent experiement with chemical warfare lead to the use of cancer drugs?
(a) Vietnam War.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) World War II.

2. Where was Herbert Snow a surgeon?
(a) Munich.
(b) London.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Washington, D.C.

3. When did G. von Schmitt publish a book on cancer?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1869.

4. When did Kafka write to a friend from a sanitorium two months before he died?
(a) April 1924.
(b) June 1924.
(c) May 1924.
(d) March 1924.

5. How many organs can TB affect?
(a) 2.
(b) 11.
(c) 25.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sontag call illness?

2. When did Keats write a letter to Fanny Brawne?

3. In Chapter 5, where was Gustav von Aschenbach?

4. At what medical school did Dr. Caroline Bedell Thomas work?

5. In Auden's poem, who was the doctor Miss Gee consulted?

(see the answer key)

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