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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 Kafa write about his TB in a letter to Max Brod in Chapter 5?
(a) August 1917.
(b) October 1917.
(c) September 1917.
(d) November 1917.

2. From what discipline are the descriptions of cancer drawn?
(a) Warfare.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Economics.

3. As a scourge, what did syphilis imply in Chapter 5?
(a) Moral judgment.
(b) Lack os self-control.
(c) Psychological judgement.
(d) Lack of inhibition.

4. What does Sontag say about how cancer enters a person's life in Chapter 1?
(a) Barges in the door.
(b) Exposes weakness.
(c) Tears down defenses.
(d) Does not knock before it enters.

5. When did an an inadvertent experiement with chemical warfare lead to the use of cancer drugs?
(a) 1960s.
(b) World War II.
(c) Vietnam War.
(d) 1950s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sontag compare illness and being well to?

2. What diseases tended to strike each person as a member of an afflicted community in Chapter 5?

3. In Dr. Caroline Bedell Thomas's study what feelings did cancer patients have from their parents?

4. When did Rene and Jean Dubos write The White Plague?

5. Where was Lawrence LeShan a psychologist and psychotherapist?

(see the answer key)

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