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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Will You Turn Me out If I Can't Get Better?.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who led tests on intensive chemotherapy by using 4 drugs referred to as MOPP?
(a) Vincent DeVita.
(b) Vincent DeVane.
(c) Vincent DeVeau.
(d) Vincent DeVito.

3. 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) Snake.
(c) Shark.
(d) Tumor.

4. In hypertrophy, the number of cells __________ change.
(a) Rarely did.
(b) Did.
(c) Sometimes did.
(d) Did not.

5. What does Cole say about the results of many surgeries?
(a) They are successful.
(b) They have unusual results.
(c) They have harmful, disfiguring results.
(d) They are traumatic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Due to the resistance of patient involvement, the clinical trials lasted for __________ years.

2. Virchow began to notice uncontrolled growth of cells. Virchow referred to this as _____________ or distorted growth.

3. One patient commented that she was tired of the ________________.

4. Virchow ultimately referred to the disease as "weisses Blut" or ___________. In 1847 the name was changed to leukemia.

5. What was the most common practice regarding the development of therapies?

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