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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 Rudolf Virchow found the science of cellular pathology?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1850s.
(c) 1840s.
(d) 1819.

2. What does Sontag compare illness and being well to?
(a) Nations.
(b) Dominions.
(c) Principalities.
(d) Kingdoms.

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

4. What did the Latin word "cancer" (10), mean?
(a) Crustacean.
(b) Croak.
(c) Gripee.
(d) Crab.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the time the book was written, when was TB thought to be incurable?

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

4. When did Alice James die from cancer?

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

(see the answer key)

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