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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue; Part 1: A Suppuration of Blood.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One tenet is that all bodies are made up of cells. A second tenet is that cells arise only from what?
(a) One cell.
(b) Other cells.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A large group of cells.

2. Virchow ultimately referred to the disease as "weisses Blut" or ___________. In 1847 the name was changed to leukemia.
(a) Red blood.
(b) Poisoned blood.
(c) Blue blood.
(d) White blood.

3. Why does Mukherjee believe it is fortunate that Farber had not asked any of the pediatricians about creating an anti-leukemic drug?
(a) They would have told Farber he was not experienced enough.
(b) They would have told Farber not to bother.
(c) They would have told Farber they were already researching an anti-leukemia drug.
(d) They would have told Farber to involve them.

4. "Farber's ____________" details the story of Robert Sandler, the two year old son of a Boston ship worker. The child fell mysteriously ill.
(a) Research.
(b) Institute.
(c) Gauntlet.
(d) Report.

5. Hyperplasia was what?
(a) Growth by virtue of cells increasing in number.
(b) Decay by virtue of cells increasing in number.
(c) Decay by virtue of cells decreasing in number.
(d) Growth by virtue of cells decreasing in number.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mukherjee begins to discuss the age of cancer, referring to the ancient discoveries of ___________ in 2625 B.C.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Several months later Rudolf Virchow, a German researcher, published a case study strikingly similar to Bennett's case. How does Virchow argue with Bennett's theory?

5. The first official naming of cancer took place around 400 B.C. Hippocrates referred to it as "karkinos," the Greek word for _________.

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