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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what type of diseases are TB and cancer understood to be?
(a) Vigor.
(b) Zest.
(c) Passion.
(d) Ardor.

2. By what time had TB already acquired the assocation of being romantic?
(a) 1780s.
(b) 1850s.
(c) Mid-18th century.
(d) Mid-19th century.

3. In She Stoops to Conquer, what was the name of Mrs. Hardcastle's son by a former marriage?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Willy.
(c) Tony.
(d) Martin.

4. When did Shelley write to Keats and comment on his appearance of consumption?
(a) July 3, 1820.
(b) July 19, 1820.
(c) July 27, 1820.
(d) July 11, 1820.

5. When did G. von Schmitt publish a book on cancer?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1874.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Tommaso Landolfi's science-fiction tale, what did he call a spaceship?

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

3. When did Oliver Goldsmith write She Stoops to Conquer?

4. In Chapter 2, according to what ancient physician did tumors resemble crabs?

5. At what medical school did Dr. Caroline Bedell Thomas work?

(see the answer key)

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