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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: A Distorted Version of Our Normal Selves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The radical mastectomy needed to be tested against what?
(a) The simple mastectomy.
(b) The simply mastectomy and lumpectomy plus radiation.
(c) The lumpectomy plus radiation.
(d) The lumpectomy.

2. Every battle needs its iconic battleground, and one physical place epitomized the cancer wars of the late _________.
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1980s.

3. The researchers met with Howard Skipper, a "_______________" who had been injecting rodents with leukemic cells.
(a) Cat doctor.
(b) Children's doctor.
(c) Mouse doctor.
(d) People's doctor.

4. What was the goal of the oncologist at this time?
(a) To earn a large paycheck.
(b) To study how cancer destroys cells.
(c) To fight the cancer.
(d) To compete with other oncologists.

5. _____________. of the seven people in Mukherjee's group continued at the clinic.
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some doctors believed that any form of this type of surgery yielded what?

2. In 1968, there were noteworthy successes where?

3. The ______________, led by Rous, claimed that viruses cause cancer, although no such virus had been found in human studies.

4. The cancers being matched to the drugs included breast cancer, ovarian cancer, lung cancer and ________________.

5. Geneticists needed to learn what?

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