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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before what time was it not possible to identify leukemia as a type of cancer?
(a) Late 18th century.
(b) Mid-19th century.
(c) Early 18th century.
(d) Early 19th century.

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

3. What feeling does Sontag think in Chapter 1 that a disease arouses?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Panic.
(c) Horror.
(d) Dread.

4. When was the term "La tubercule" (10) introlduced by Ambroise Pare?
(a) 15th century.
(b) 17th century.
(c) 16th century.
(d) 14th century.

5. In Chapter 1, if a disease was treated as a mystery to be feared, how would it be felt to be?
(a) Contagious.
(b) Infectious.
(c) Endemic.
(d) Pernicious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main symptom of TB?

2. What does Sontag compare illness and being well to?

3. How early were synonyms used for tuberculosis, according to the Oxford English Dictionary?

4. What did Menninger believe should be done to rectify the conception of disease?

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

(see the answer key)

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