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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sontag describe how the process by which TB took a person's life in Chapter 1?
(a) Theft.
(b) Crime.
(c) Larceny.
(d) Thievery.

2. When did the Concourt brothers write about TB in their novel Madame Gervaisais?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1862.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From where did Keats write a letter to Fanny Brawne?

3. In what work did Karl Menninger observe that the word cancer could kill patients?

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

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

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