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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. Albert Lasker was diagnosed with colon cancer and eventually died. Farber was also diagnosed with a type of colon cancer but survived. The more personal brushes with cancer did what?
(a) Surprised Farber and Lasker.
(b) Ended Farber and Lasker's campaigning.
(c) Intimidated Farber and Lasker.
(d) Fueled the fire for Farber and Lasker.

2. Dissenting voices began to be heard. How many major arguments existed?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

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

4. The discovery of scrotal cancer helped to promote what?
(a) Public health.
(b) Child labor laws.
(c) Unions.
(d) Protective breathing apparatus.

5. The study of _________viruses is discussed.
(a) Pseudo.
(b) Meta.
(c) Retro.
(d) Caulimo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Susan Sontag is diagnosed with cancer. She begins to notices parallels between cancer and what other disease?

2. Mukherjee was one of ____________ cancer fellows at the hospital involved in an immersive training program. Mukherjee describes the immersive training program as being so intensive that nothing outside of the hospital exists for the trainees. Residents eat, sleep and breathe medicine.

3. Mukherjee updates Carla Reed's condition. What had happened so far?

4. Every battle needs its iconic battleground, and one physical place epitomized the cancer wars of the late _________.

5. Mukherjee met with Carla. They discussed the survival rate of leukemia. At one time, there was almost no chance that Carla could have been able to survive the onset of the leukemia. With the advent of modern medicine and new treatments, Carla had a ______ chance of surviving the disease.

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