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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 English physician Richard Morton set forth a definition for tuberculosis in his Phthisiologia?
(a) 1679.
(b) 1689.
(c) 1671.
(d) 1683.

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

3. 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.

4. At what sanatorium in Chapter 2, did patients carry their X-rays with them?
(a) The Magic Mountain.
(b) Saranac Lake.
(c) Silvercrest.
(d) Rockhaven.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Michel in Gide's The Immoralist contract TB?

2. How does Sontag describe how the process by which TB took a person's life in Chapter 1?

3. When did Keats write a letter to Fanny Brawne?

4. In Chapter 1, if a disease was treated as a mystery to be feared, how would it be felt to be?

5. In Chapter 2, according to what ancient physician did tumors resemble crabs?

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