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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 Camille Saint-Saens write that Chopin was tubercular when it was not fashionable to be healthy?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1913.

2. When was tuberculosis discovered to be a bacterial infection?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1889.

3. When did Schlegel write his essay On the Study of Greek Poetry?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1790.
(c) 1781.
(d) 1786.

4. How early were synonyms used for tuberculosis, according to the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) 1386.
(b) 1398.
(c) 1411.
(d) 1403.

5. What Old West legendary gunfighter had TB?
(a) Pancho Villa.
(b) Billy the Kid.
(c) Jesse James.
(d) Doc Holliday.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From where did Keats write a letter to Fanny Brawne?

3. As described in Chapter 1, what unnecessary practices might members of the household of a cancer patient subject the patient to?

4. What was Oliver Goldsmith trained as?

5. When did Marie Bashkirtsev die?

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