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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. Cole believed that these theories may have been right when?
(a) In all cases.
(b) In some cases.
(c) In most cases.
(d) Never.

2. Cole believed that surgery was often what?
(a) Unnecessary.
(b) Very necessary.
(c) Rewarding.
(d) Very Simple.

3. This time a significant link was found. Lobbies began to appear to do what?
(a) Ban cigarette sales altogether.
(b) Put filters on cigarettes and to ban TV ads for the product.
(c) Destroy the cigarette companies.
(d) Ban smoking in public places.

4. The choice between the two paths is ______________.
(a) Unusual.
(b) Stressful.
(c) Financial.
(d) Instinctual.

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?
(a) Ended Farber and Lasker's campaigning.
(b) Surprised Farber and Lasker.
(c) Fueled the fire for Farber and Lasker.
(d) Intimidated Farber and Lasker.

Short Answer Questions

1. In ___________, George Canellas and Tom Frei spent time in the lab matching various drugs to various cancers. Included on the drug list were cytotoxic drugs cytoxan, vincristine, procarabazine, and methotrexate.

2. Doctors began to associate _______________________ with various forms of cancer.

3. The mouse embodied what?

4. Every battle needs its iconic battleground, and one physical place epitomized the cancer wars of the late _________.

5. In 1937 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the ________________ Act.

(see the answer key)

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