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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. The U.S. Public Health Service is approached regarding what?
(a) A ban on cigarettes.
(b) An increase in cigarette sales.
(c) A warning on cigarettes.
(d) A decrease in cigarette sales.

2. Orman had cancer where?
(a) In his tibia.
(b) In his bicep.
(c) In his spleen.
(d) In his lymph nodes.

3. Who led tests on intensive chemotherapy by using 4 drugs referred to as MOPP?
(a) Vincent DeVita.
(b) Vincent DeVeau.
(c) Vincent DeVito.
(d) Vincent DeVane.

4. The author, Siddhartha Mukherjee, learned about Carla after she had checked into Massachusetts ______________ Hospital.
(a) General.
(b) Local.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Community.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Virchow ultimately referred to the disease as "weisses Blut" or ___________. In 1847 the name was changed to leukemia.

2. Farber was fortunate to have lived in the right time, but he was perhaps even more fortunate for what reason?

3. The only way to test these different beliefs about Halstedian theory was to do what?

4. The conference determined that lung cancer could be caused by what?

5. Virchow began to notice uncontrolled growth of cells. Virchow referred to this as _____________ or distorted growth.

(see the answer key)

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