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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. _____________. of the seven people in Mukherjee's group continued at the clinic.
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

2. Although Farber was the chief pathologist at Children's Hospital, how had he become tired of his work?
(a) He worked with only older children and wanted to spend more time studying cancer in younger children.
(b) He worked with the dead and was tired of the medical field.
(c) He was tired of working with young children.
(d) He worked with the dead and never treated a live patient.

3. In hypertrophy, the number of cells __________ change.
(a) Sometimes did.
(b) Rarely did.
(c) Did.
(d) Did not.

4. This time a significant link was found. Lobbies began to appear to do what?
(a) Destroy the cigarette companies.
(b) Ban cigarette sales altogether.
(c) Put filters on cigarettes and to ban TV ads for the product.
(d) Ban smoking in public places.

5. "Part 4: Prevention Is the Cure" begins with a quote from who?
(a) David Cantor.
(b) Percival Pott.
(c) Sidney Farber.
(d) Siddhartha Mukherjee.

Short Answer Questions

1. In ___________, the quest for the cure for cancer through the study of cancer biology underwent a drastic reorganization. Scientists returned to studying genes.

2. Moya Cole takes another look at whose theories on radical surgery?

3. The trend also raised questions regarding what?

4. 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?

5. The Ministry asked the Medical Research Council to arrange a conference of experts to study the rise of lung cancer. How were the results?

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