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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When did George Etherege write the play The Man of Mode?
(a) 1611.
(b) 1676.
(c) 1627.
(d) 1648.

4. In Wings of the Dove, what did Milly Theale's doctor advise as a cure for her TB?
(a) Uninhibited sex.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Philanthrophy.
(d) Love affair.

5. When did Keats write a letter to Fanny Brawne?
(a) November 1, 1820.
(b) November 23, 1820.
(c) November 30, 1820.
(d) November 19, 1820.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sontag call illness?

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

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

5. In Chapter 3, what type of people were thought to be affected by TB?

(see the answer key)

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