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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Oxford English dictionary, what synonym was used for pulmonary tuberculosis for centuries?
(a) Scofula.
(b) Consumption.
(c) White plague.
(d) Wasting disease.

2. In Wings of the Dove, what did Milly Theale's doctor advise as a cure for her TB?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Uninhibited sex.
(c) Philanthrophy.
(d) Love affair.

3. How old was Marie Bashkirtsev when she died?
(a) 24.
(b) 18.
(c) 26.
(d) 19.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of mark was it to be sad?

2. In On The Eve, where is Insarov, the hero of the novel, from?

3. When did Tom Moore visit Byron in Patras?

4. When did Schlegel write his essay On the Study of Greek Poetry?

5. When did the Concourt brothers write about TB in their novel Madame Gervaisais?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation did Byron have with his friend Tom Moore in 1828?

2. Which economic spheres are affected by tuberculosis and by cancer?

3. What did Marie Bashkirtsev write about having tuberculosis?

4. How were metaphors of TB broken up in the twentieth century?

5. What does Sontag reveal about metaphor and tuberculosis (TB) and cancer?

6. How was TB seen as a disease of passion?

7. What stages does cancer have and how does it progress?

8. What passion did people think would given them cancer if not discharged, and what example is provided of that belief?

9. What is the origin of the word tuberculosis?

10. How might the name of a disease seem to have a magic power?

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