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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Insarov, the hero of On the Eve, die?
(a) Florence.
(b) Naples.
(c) Venice.
(d) Palermo.

2. According to the Oxford English dictionary, what synonym was used for pulmonary tuberculosis for centuries?
(a) White plague.
(b) Scofula.
(c) Wasting disease.
(d) Consumption.

3. How early were synonyms used for tuberculosis, according to the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) 1386.
(b) 1398.
(c) 1403.
(d) 1411.

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

5. What diseases have been encumbered by the trappings of metaphor?
(a) Cirrhosis and diabetes.
(b) Tuberculosis and cancer.
(c) Heart disease and diabetes.
(d) Pulmonary disease and Alzheimer's.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was once prescribed to tuberculars as a therapy that is now believed to stave off cancer?

4. When was tuberculosis discovered to be a bacterial infection?

5. Before what time was it not possible to identify leukemia as a type of cancer?

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