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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Prevention Is the Cure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Farber became fascinated with the links between bone marrow, vitamins and normal blood. Farber decided to use _____________ to treat children with leukemia.
(a) Folic acid.
(b) Vitamin D.
(c) Chemotherapy.
(d) Maple syrup.

2. Mary Woodward Lasker and her husband Albert Lasker began to do what?
(a) Lobby against cancer research.
(b) Campaign against Farber.
(c) Campaign for funds to fight cancer.
(d) Create laws against cancer research.

3. Susan Sontag is diagnosed with cancer. She begins to notices parallels between cancer and what other disease?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) AIDS.

4. Pott believed that because ________________, that it could be prevented.
(a) The condition was external in nature.
(b) The condition was on the scrotum.
(c) The condition was small and localized.
(d) The condition was found in young men.

5. In 1942, UK statisticians approached the Ministry of Health with the shocking news that cancer morbidity had risen ______ fold in the past 20 years.
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kennedy assigned the job to whom?

2. Who worked to keep cancer research out of trouble, and to do so he developed a consortium to keep doctors, scientists and health facilities from working at cross purposes?

3. This time a significant link was found. Lobbies began to appear to do what?

4. The battle to attack pre-cancer versus full blown cancer raged on. One of the most significant discoveries was made by George ____________________, a student who was assigned to studying the menses of guinea pigs.

5. One tenet is that all bodies are made up of cells. A second tenet is that cells arise only from what?

(see the answer key)

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