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

2. In Chapter 2, according to what ancient physician did tumors resemble crabs?
(a) Galen.
(b) Antipater.
(c) Zopyrus.
(d) Damocrates.

3. When did Stendhal write Armance?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1827.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1889.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to the Oxford English dictionary, what synonym was used for pulmonary tuberculosis for centuries?

4. At what sanatorium in Chapter 2, did patients carry their X-rays with them?

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

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