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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 year of his death, 1972, marked what?
(a) The beginning of a deeply fractured and contentious period in the history of cancer.
(b) The end of a deeply fractured and contentious period in the history of cancer.
(c) The beginning of huge strides in cancer research.
(d) The beginning of new cancer research.

2. The ____________ theory developed by Varmus and Bishop provided the first comprehensive theory of carcinogenesis.
(a) Carcinogene.
(b) Oncogene.
(c) Cancergene.
(d) Sarcogene.

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

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

5. Scientists begin to analyze genes that were altered in mutant viruses and attempted to isolate what?
(a) The mutant virus.
(b) The DNA of the virus.
(c) The gene in the virus.
(d) The gene of the healthy cell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was this one physical place?

2. In _________ John Bennett, a Scottish physician, had described the case of a 28-year-old slate layer who complained of a mysterious swelling in his spleen.

3. In 1968, there were noteworthy successes where?

4. Dissenting voices began to be heard. How many major arguments existed?

5. What was the goal of the oncologist at this time?

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