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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 Thoreau write about death and disease often being beautiful?
(a) 1847.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1852.
(d) 1843.

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

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

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

5. In the 19th century, what place was tought to be good for tuberculars?
(a) South Pacific.
(b) Mediterranean.
(c) Desert.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did people believe cancer patients lacked that caused them to get the disease?

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

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

4. When did Schlegel write his essay On the Study of Greek Poetry?

5. What was the thwarted passion that killed Insarov in On the Eve?

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