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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did the Concourt brothers write about TB in their novel Madame Gervaisais?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1862.

3. How does Sontag say people with cancer might be treated by relatives and friends?
(a) Neglected.
(b) Rejected.
(c) Shunned.
(d) Snubbed.

4. In Chapter 1, what was thought about cancer and its nature?
(a) Intractable and capricious.
(b) Stubborn and incurable.
(c) Hopeless and fatal.
(d) Unmanageable and deadly.

5. When was Bernard de Gordon's Pratiqum published?
(a) 1489.
(b) 1503.
(c) 1495.
(d) 1516.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Rudolf Virchow found the science of cellular pathology?

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. What is the main symptom of TB?

4. In Chapter 2, according to what ancient physician did tumors resemble crabs?

5. In Chapter 2, from what time did the modern fantasy about cancer begin to take shape?

(see the answer key)

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