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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: A Distorted Version of Our Normal Selves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mukherjee goes on to discuss the parallels between various types of cancers despite what?
(a) All of the above.
(b) The fact that these various types of cancers have very little in common.
(c) The fact that the genetics between subjects were often very different.
(d) The fact that the genetics between subjects were often very similar.

2. Pott believed that because ________________, that it could be prevented.
(a) The condition was on the scrotum.
(b) The condition was external in nature.
(c) The condition was small and localized.
(d) The condition was found in young men.

3. _____________, an outsider in the community, was working with patients with a rare form of leukemia - choriocarcinoma - which involves the placenta in a pregnant woman.
(a) Shin Wa Lee.
(b) Win Ming Lu.
(c) Min Chiu Li.
(d) Hsin Chieh Lui.

4. Dissenting voices began to be heard. How many major arguments existed?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

5. Eventually, a panel was formed to investigate the possibility of creating what focused on battling cancer?
(a) A private organization.
(b) A government agency.
(c) A public hospital.
(d) A panel of scientists and doctors.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Farber's ____________" details the story of Robert Sandler, the two year old son of a Boston ship worker. The child fell mysteriously ill.

2. Mukherjee updates Carla Reed's condition. What had happened so far?

3. Who was Henry Kaplan?

4. Have much Mukherjee's inclinations changed much since the first day of his internship?

5. By the early _________, cancer researchers had split into three feuding camps.

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