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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 radical mastectomy needed to be tested against what?
(a) The simple mastectomy.
(b) The simply mastectomy and lumpectomy plus radiation.
(c) The lumpectomy plus radiation.
(d) The lumpectomy.

2. After the introduction of the Pap smear came the clinical trials for what?
(a) Eye exams.
(b) Testicular exams.
(c) HIV tests.
(d) Mammograms.

3. What is STAMP?
(a) Special Tumor Analysis Marrow Properties.
(b) Simulated Test and Analysis for Mammograms and Paps.
(c) Spongey Tumor Automated Mammogram Program.
(d) Solid Tumor Autologous Marrow Program.

4. By 1953, the average annual consumption of cigarettes had reached ________________ per person.
(a) Five hundred.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Three hundred.
(d) Thirty-five hundred.

5. The first VAMP trial was launched in ___________. The results were abysmal. Refinements showed progress and even success. However, the cost was quite high for the young patients.
(a) 1971.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1961.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hyperplasia was what?

2. One morning, Carla awoke with a bad headache which she described as __________________.The pains and other symptoms waxed and waned. Although Carla had seen a doctor, there was no solid diagnosis. Eventually, it was determined that Carla had leukemia.

3. Robert would eventually die but he and many other patients had survived past the ______________ period. At the time, this was an eternity.

4. In 1963, three men visited Oscar Auerbach. Why?

5. _____________________ published a report in 1956 that delineated the connection between tobacco and lung cancer.

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