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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Rudolf Virchow found the science of cellular pathology?
(a) 1840s.
(b) 1819.
(c) 1850s.
(d) 1873.

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

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

4. When did Kafka write to a friend from a sanitorium two months before he died?
(a) May 1924.
(b) April 1924.
(c) June 1924.
(d) March 1924.

5. What does Sontag compare illness and being well to?
(a) Nations.
(b) Kingdoms.
(c) Dominions.
(d) Principalities.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Camille Saint-Saens write that Chopin was tubercular when it was not fashionable to be healthy?

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

3. When did Goldsmith write about a diet that would correct consumption?

4. What was Oliver Goldsmith trained as?

5. When was the term "La tubercule" (10) introlduced by Ambroise Pare?

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