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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Robert Louis Stevenson write Ordered South?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1884.

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

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

4. As cancer is imagined to be caused by repression, how was TB explained?
(a) Ravages of bitterness.
(b) Ravages of vexation.
(c) Ravages of frustration.
(d) Ravages of resentment.

5. How many organs can TB affect?
(a) 25.
(b) 11.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, what type of diseases are TB and cancer understood to be?

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

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

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

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