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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In what work did Karl Menninger observe that the word cancer could kill patients?
(a) The Vital Balance.
(b) The Human Mind.
(c) Main Against Himself.
(d) A Psychiatrist's World.

5. In Chapter 5, what was another notorious disease of the 19th century that was contracted by having sex with a carrier?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Gonorrhea.
(c) Chlamydia.
(d) Herpes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Keats die?

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

3. What is the subject of Sontag's book?

4. In Death in Venice, what was the penalty for a secret love?

5. In Auden's poem, who was the doctor Miss Gee consulted?

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