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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: An Impatient War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the time Farber began his work in 1947, what had happened to the public outcry against cancer?
(a) It had lessened somewhat.
(b) It had all but silenced.
(c) It had just begun.
(d) It had grown.

2. _____________, an outsider in the community, was working with patients with a rare form of leukemia - choriocarcinoma - which involves the placenta in a pregnant woman.
(a) Win Ming Lu.
(b) Shin Wa Lee.
(c) Min Chiu Li.
(d) Hsin Chieh Lui.

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

4. "The Emperor of all Maladies" begins with the tale of Carla Reed, a _______ year old kindergarten teacher from Ipswich, MA.
(a) 30.
(b) 40.
(c) 25.
(d) 55.

5. Mukherjee begins to discuss the age of cancer, referring to the ancient discoveries of ___________ in 2625 B.C.
(a) Imhotep.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Caesar Augustus.
(d) Genghis Khan.

Short Answer Questions

1. MOPP caused what?

2. One morning, Carla awoke with a bad headache which she described as __________________.The pains and other symptoms waxed and waned. Although Carla had seen a doctor, there was no solid diagnosis. Eventually, it was determined that Carla had leukemia.

3. Orman had cancer where?

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

5. In hypertrophy, the number of cells __________ change.

(see the answer key)

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