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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: An Impatient War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In _________ John Bennett, a Scottish physician, had described the case of a 28-year-old slate layer who complained of a mysterious swelling in his spleen.
(a) 1905.
(b) 1835.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1885.

2. "The Emperor of all Maladies" begins with the tale of Carla Reed, a _______ year old kindergarten teacher from Ipswich, MA.
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 25.
(d) 55.

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.
(a) Numbness.
(b) A dull ache.
(c) Shooting pain.
(d) A dizzy spell.

4. In the shadow of Albert's death, Mary Lasker's cancer campaign took on a _______________ tone.
(a) More positive.
(b) Defeated.
(c) More urgent and insistent.
(d) More dejected.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Cancer returned to the media spotlight in every way, particularly through _______________.

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

3. William Stewart Halsted is known as the father of what?

4. Who led tests on intensive chemotherapy by using 4 drugs referred to as MOPP?

5. Farber knew that in order to launch a national attack on cancer he would have to form what?

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