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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Kant compare passion to cancer in Anthropologie?
(a) 1792.
(b) 1784.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1787.

2. When was Bernard de Gordon's Pratiqum published?
(a) 1489.
(b) 1516.
(c) 1503.
(d) 1495.

3. In Auden's poem, who was the doctor Miss Gee consulted?
(a) Doctor Crawford.
(b) Doctor Williams.
(c) Doctor Thomas.
(d) Doctor Vincent.

4. In what work did Nietzsche write about how interesting the sick were?
(a) Untimely Mediations.
(b) Human, All Too Human.
(c) The Will to Power.
(d) Beyond Good and Evil.

5. Like what other ailment was TB understood to be a failure of will or overintensity?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Psychosis.
(c) Psychopathic.
(d) Insanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many organs can TB affect?

2. As cancer is imagined to be caused by repression, how was TB explained?

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?

4. How early were synonyms used for tuberculosis, according to the Oxford English Dictionary?

5. What was thought to cause cancer in the 19th century?

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