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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As cancer is imagined to be caused by repression, how was TB explained?
(a) Ravages of bitterness.
(b) Ravages of resentment.
(c) Ravages of frustration.
(d) Ravages of vexation.

3. 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) 109.
(d) 87.

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

5. In Chapter 5, what disease individualized a person?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) TB.
(c) Typhus.
(d) Plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many organs can TB affect?

2. When did Kafka write to Milena that his TB was caused by his mental disease?

3. Where was Dr. O. Carl Simonton a radiologist?

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

5. In Les Liaisons dangereuses, what illness did Madame de Merteuil have?

(see the answer key)

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