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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. Moya Cole takes another look at whose theories on radical surgery?
(a) Howard's.
(b) Halsted's.
(c) Farber's.
(d) Mukherjee's.

2. In 1968, there were noteworthy successes where?
(a) In Toledo and Columbus.
(b) In Knoxville and St. Louis.
(c) In Indianapolis and Chicago.
(d) In Bethesda and Memphis.

3. Virchow ultimately referred to the disease as "weisses Blut" or ___________. In 1847 the name was changed to leukemia.
(a) White blood.
(b) Blue blood.
(c) Red blood.
(d) Poisoned blood.

4. Orman was diagnosed with what?
(a) Hodgkin's lymphoma.
(b) Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
(c) Kaposi Sarcoma.
(d) Basal Cell Carcinoma.

5. The author, Siddhartha Mukherjee, learned about Carla after she had checked into Massachusetts ______________ Hospital.
(a) Community.
(b) Local.
(c) Cancer.
(d) General.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cole believed that surgery was often what?

2. The trend also raised questions regarding what?

3. Orman had cancer where?

4. The ______________, led by Rous, claimed that viruses cause cancer, although no such virus had been found in human studies.

5. In London, the socialized health program required that all doctors be registered with the government. Deaths were noted, as were their causes. Smokers were also noted in reports. Describe the results of the studies conducted from those reports.

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