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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 first official naming of cancer took place around 400 B.C. Hippocrates referred to it as "karkinos," the Greek word for _________.
(a) Crab.
(b) Tumor.
(c) Snake.
(d) Shark.

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

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

4. What is counting?
(a) Counting cancer cells.
(b) Measuring cancer.
(c) Studying cancer cell growth.
(d) Distinguishing the dangers of a specific type of cancer.

5. How was Carla at this time?
(a) The cancer had come back.
(b) Still in remission.
(c) She still had cancer.
(d) She was on life support.

Short Answer Questions

1. In ___________, George Canellas and Tom Frei spent time in the lab matching various drugs to various cancers. Included on the drug list were cytotoxic drugs cytoxan, vincristine, procarabazine, and methotrexate.

2. What question arose from the study of these two genes?

3. The battle to attack pre-cancer versus full blown cancer raged on. One of the most significant discoveries was made by George ____________________, a student who was assigned to studying the menses of guinea pigs.

4. In 1942, UK statisticians approached the Ministry of Health with the shocking news that cancer morbidity had risen ______ fold in the past 20 years.

5. The author, Siddhartha Mukherjee, learned about Carla after she had checked into Massachusetts ______________ Hospital.

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