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

2. When did Tom Moore visit Byron in Patras?
(a) March 1828.
(b) January 1828.
(c) February 1828.
(d) April 1828.

3. In Chapter 1, how does Sontag describe doctors' efforts to cure TB for a long time?
(a) Ineffective.
(b) Inefficacious.
(c) Incompetent.
(d) Ineffectual.

4. How old was Marie Bashkirtsev when she died?
(a) 19.
(b) 26.
(c) 18.
(d) 24.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Turgenev write On the Eve?

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

3. What did Menninger believe should be done to rectify the conception of disease?

4. In She Stoops to Conquer, what was the name of Mrs. Hardcastle's son by a former marriage?

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

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