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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what work did Nietzsche write about how interesting the sick were?
(a) Beyond Good and Evil.
(b) Untimely Mediations.
(c) The Will to Power.
(d) Human, All Too Human.

2. In She Stoops to Conquer, what was the name of Mrs. Hardcastle's son by a former marriage?
(a) Martin.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Tony.
(d) Willy.

3. Although TB was celebrated as a disease of passion, what was it also regarded as?
(a) Disease of inhibition.
(b) Disease of restraint.
(c) Disease of repression.
(d) Disease of suprression.

4. As described in Chapter 1, what unnecessary practices might members of the household of a cancer patient subject the patient to?
(a) Disinfection practices.
(b) Sterilization practices.
(c) Sanitation practices.
(d) Decontamination practices.

5. When was streptomycin discovered?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1939.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How early were synonyms used for tuberculosis, according to the Oxford English Dictionary?

4. How old was Marie Bashkirtsev when she died?

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

(see the answer key)

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