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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was fever a sign of in TB, as described in Chapter 3?
(a) Inward burning.
(b) Being ablaze.
(c) Inward flame.
(d) Being enflamed.

2. In Chapter 3, what type of people were thought to be affected by TB?
(a) Reckless and sensual.
(b) Dissolute.
(c) Depraved and lascivious.
(d) Hedonic and intermperate.

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

4. What was Oliver Goldsmith trained as?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Accountant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Beginning with the Romantics, what disease was TB conceived to be a variant of?

2. How does Sontag say people with cancer might be treated by relatives and friends?

3. When was Bernard de Gordon's Pratiqum published?

4. What does Sontag call illness?

5. What is the main symptom of TB?

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