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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. What was the goal of the oncologist at this time?
(a) To earn a large paycheck.
(b) To compete with other oncologists.
(c) To fight the cancer.
(d) To study how cancer destroys cells.

2. Pott believed that because ________________, that it could be prevented.
(a) The condition was found in young men.
(b) The condition was on the scrotum.
(c) The condition was small and localized.
(d) The condition was external in nature.

3. In Spring 2005, Mukherjee had to make a decision. What was this decision?
(a) To continue working in cancer research or become a surgeon.
(b) To work as a pediatrician or a clinician.
(c) To work with children or animals.
(d) To work as a clinician or a laboratory scientist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mukherjee goes on to discuss the parallels between various types of cancers despite what?

2. The author discusses the importance of whose "OncoMouse?"

3. Have much Mukherjee's inclinations changed much since the first day of his internship?

4. Orman was diagnosed with what?

5. The study of _________viruses is discussed.

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