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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the term "La tubercule" (10) introlduced by Ambroise Pare?
(a) 16th century.
(b) 14th century.
(c) 15th century.
(d) 17th century.

2. In Chapter 1, what words does Sontag use to describe the type of invasion cancer is?
(a) Vicious and unrelenting.
(b) Savage and ferocious.
(c) Ruthless and secret.
(d) Fierce and unyielding.

3. How many people have to become citizens of the sick, according to Sontag?
(a) 50 percent of the population.
(b) 95 percent of the population.
(c) Everyone.
(d) Almost everyone.

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

5. What was once prescribed to tuberculars as a therapy that is now believed to stave off cancer?
(a) Libidinous behavior.
(b) Indulging in the carnal.
(c) Being erotic.
(d) Liberated sexual life.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many organs can TB affect?

2. What was fever a sign of in TB, as described in Chapter 3?

3. Before what time was it not possible to identify leukemia as a type of cancer?

4. In what work did Nietzsche write about how interesting the sick were?

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

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