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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what medical school did Dr. Caroline Bedell Thomas work?
(a) Johns Hopkins University school of Medicine.
(b) University of California.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Harvard Medical School.

2. In Chapter 5, where was Gustav von Aschenbach?
(a) Corsica.
(b) Venice.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Rome.

3. Where did Drs. Claus and Marjorie Bahnson practice?
(a) Cleveland Clinic.
(b) Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute.
(c) Massachusetts General Hospital.
(d) Mayo Clinic.

4. In Chapter 5, if a person had TB, how were they related to the community?
(a) Isolated.
(b) Set apart.
(c) Involved.
(d) Connected.

5. Where did Keats die?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) Vienna.

6. Who did Kafka write and say that his illness was speaking for him because he wanted it to speak for him?
(a) Karl Kraus.
(b) Leos Janacek.
(c) Felice Bauer.
(d) Max Brod.

7. With what disease was the first modern chemotherapy success?
(a) Stomach cancer.
(b) Liver cancer.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Breast cancer.

8. Where was Lawrence LeShan a psychologist and psychotherapist?
(a) Boston.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

9. In Chapter 5, what disease did Hans Castorp have?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Typus.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) TB.

10. In the 19th century, what did punishment express?
(a) Character.
(b) Sin.
(c) Absolution.
(d) Punishment.

11. When did Katherine Mansfield write in her Journal that she needed to heal herself before she could be well?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1923.

12. 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) 87.
(b) 98.
(c) 109.
(d) 103.

13. What disease in Chapter 5 reduces a person to a "sick environment" (37)?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) Plague.
(d) Smallpox.

14. What illness did Cresseid have in The Testament of Cresseid?
(a) TB.
(b) Leprosy.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Cholera.

15. In Death in Venice, what was the penalty for a secret love?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Yellow fever.
(d) Plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was required to recover from disease, according to Schopenhauer?

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

3. When did Keats die?

4. Who wrote, "He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence" (45)?

5. When did an an inadvertent experiement with chemical warfare lead to the use of cancer drugs?

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