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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Prevention Is the Cure.

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) 1845.
(b) 1835.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1885.

2. _________ surgery was accelerated to superradical surgery.
(a) Simple surgery.
(b) Grand surgery.
(c) Radical surgery.
(d) Major surgery.

3. The trend was targeted toward whom?
(a) Wealthy men.
(b) Escorts and their clients.
(c) The poor and derelict.
(d) Chimney sweeps and their apprentices.

4. In 1963, three men visited Oscar Auerbach. Why?
(a) He was one of the foremost pathologists and a top choice when choosing a scientist that may be able to find the cause of lung cancer.
(b) He was the CEO of a major cigarette company.
(c) He was the head of oncology at Johns Hopkins.
(d) He was a very wealthy entrepreneur who could financially back cancer studies.

5. What is MOPP?
(a) A simple surgery done for those with cancer.
(b) A tool used to clean the floor.
(c) A combination chemotherapy regimen.
(d) A radical surgery done for those with cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. The discovery of scrotal cancer helped to promote what?

2. What was the goal of the oncologist at this time?

3. The use of MOPP continued to be used in the treatment of what?

4. The radical mastectomy needed to be tested against what?

5. Originally, doctors dismissed the cancer. Why?

(see the answer key)

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