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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Disinfection practices.
(d) Decontamination practices.

2. In Chapter 1, what words does Sontag use to describe the type of invasion cancer is?
(a) Fierce and unyielding.
(b) Ruthless and secret.
(c) Savage and ferocious.
(d) Vicious and unrelenting.

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

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

5. When did Thomas Paynell discuss cancer as a canker?
(a) 1602.
(b) 1617.
(c) 1548.
(d) 1528.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sontag say about how cancer enters a person's life in Chapter 1?

2. What did the Latin word "cancer" (10), mean?

3. Until what time are the main symptoms of cancer usually invisible?

4. How many people have to become citizens of the sick, according to Sontag?

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

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