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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Thoreau write about death and disease often being beautiful?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1843.
(c) 1847.
(d) 1856.

2. What was the thwarted passion that killed Insarov in On the Eve?
(a) Idealism.
(b) Romanticism.
(c) Fanaticism.
(d) Utopianism.

3. In Chapter 1, what was thought about cancer and its nature?
(a) Intractable and capricious.
(b) Unmanageable and deadly.
(c) Hopeless and fatal.
(d) Stubborn and incurable.

4. According to Herbert Snow, out of 140 cases of breast cancer, how many gave an account of previous mental trouble, hard work, or other problems?
(a) 103.
(b) 98.
(c) 87.
(d) 109.

5. What diseases have been encumbered by the trappings of metaphor?
(a) Heart disease and diabetes.
(b) Cirrhosis and diabetes.
(c) Tuberculosis and cancer.
(d) Pulmonary disease and Alzheimer's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In ancient times, what did people believe most often caused disease?

2. At what sanatorium in Chapter 2, did patients carry their X-rays with them?

3. What did Kant compare cancer to that had been an ancient metaphorice connection?

4. When is the entry for pestilence dated in the Oxford English Dictionary?

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

(see the answer key)

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