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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. Freireich was obsessed with continuing clinical trials. The combinations of drugs provided ______________ number of combinations.
(a) An infinite.
(b) A great.
(c) A small.
(d) A limited.

2. 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) 1981.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1961.

3. Farber was determined to make people understand what?
(a) The nature and devastating effects of cancer.
(b) The weakness of cancer.
(c) The fear that cancer causes.
(d) The ways to prevent cancer.

4. The researchers met with Howard Skipper, a "_______________" who had been injecting rodents with leukemic cells.
(a) Mouse doctor.
(b) Children's doctor.
(c) Cat doctor.
(d) People's doctor.

5. Minot's research pertained mostly to ________________ anemia.
(a) Pernicious.
(b) Sickle cell.
(c) Iron deficiency.
(d) Vitamin deficiency.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The year of his death, 1972, marked what?

3. 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.

4. MOPP caused what?

5. In the shadow of Albert's death, Mary Lasker's cancer campaign took on a _______________ tone.

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