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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. VAMP is a _________ drug combination that was proposed for cancer treatment. Frei, Freireich and Skipper believed that the combination would prove to be the answer they were looking for, yet when Frei proposed it to Zubrod, the man was stunned.
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

2. 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 they were already researching an anti-leukemia drug.
(c) They would have told Farber not to bother.
(d) They would have told Farber to involve them.

3. In 1969, the New York Times published an open letter to ___________________ begging him to support cancer research.
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

4. Mukherjee updates Carla Reed's condition. What had happened so far?
(a) Carla was in remission.
(b) Carla was cured.
(c) Carla had passed away.
(d) Carla's cancer had returned.

5. Mukherjee explains that biology is based on how many fundamental tenets?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary Woodward Lasker and her husband Albert Lasker began to do what?

2. Farber celebrated the successes as well as the ________ anniversary of the Jimmy Fund.

3. Freireich was obsessed with continuing clinical trials. The combinations of drugs provided ______________ number of combinations.

4. In hypertrophy, the number of cells __________ change.

5. Farber was determined to make people understand what?

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