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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. Who is Ben Orman?
(a) A student who found a lump in his side.
(b) A doctor who found a lump in his leg.
(c) An athlete who found a lump in his neck.
(d) An artist who found a lump in his arm.

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

3. Due to the resistance of patient involvement, the clinical trials lasted for __________ years.
(a) Five.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twenty.

4. _________ surgery was accelerated to superradical surgery.
(a) Simple surgery.
(b) Major surgery.
(c) Radical surgery.
(d) Grand surgery.

5. This place was a space marked indelibly in the history of what?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Chemotherapy.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Geneticists needed to learn what?

2. Doctors began to experiment with using __________ drug combinations to combat cancer cells.

3. What does Cole say about the results of many surgeries?

4. The author discusses lab work, theories, experiments and the potential ____________ causes related to cancer.

5. A final report from the panel agreed about what?

(see the answer key)

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