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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. The conference determined that lung cancer could be caused by what?
(a) Practically anything.
(b) Pollution.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Smoke.

2. Cancer returned to the media spotlight in every way, particularly through _______________.
(a) Movies.
(b) Television.
(c) Magazines.
(d) Books.

3. People began to develop what regarding cancer?
(a) A sense of awareness about the disease.
(b) An immunity to the disease.
(c) A sense of peace regarding the disease.
(d) An internal fear about the disease.

4. "The Emperor of all Maladies" begins with the tale of Carla Reed, a _______ year old kindergarten teacher from Ipswich, MA.
(a) 40.
(b) 55.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

5. _____________________ published a report in 1956 that delineated the connection between tobacco and lung cancer.
(a) Richard Doll and Bradford Hill.
(b) Roger Denver and Brady Hall.
(c) Rich Dell and Brian Henry.
(d) Rory Delmonico and Bradley Harold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mukherjee met with Carla. They discussed the survival rate of leukemia. At one time, there was almost no chance that Carla could have been able to survive the onset of the leukemia. With the advent of modern medicine and new treatments, Carla had a ______ chance of surviving the disease.

2. Scientists begin to analyze genes that were altered in mutant viruses and attempted to isolate what?

3. Susan Sontag is diagnosed with cancer. She begins to notices parallels between cancer and what other disease?

4. How was Carla at this time?

5. Albert Lasker was diagnosed with colon cancer and eventually died. Farber was also diagnosed with a type of colon cancer but survived. The more personal brushes with cancer did what?

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