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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Farber was fortunate to have lived in the right time, but he was perhaps even more fortunate for what reason?
(a) To have died from something other than cancer.
(b) To have died at the right time.
(c) To have been a pathologist.
(d) To have made so many great discoveries.

2. Robert would eventually die but he and many other patients had survived past the ______________ period. At the time, this was an eternity.
(a) Nine month.
(b) Two year.
(c) One year.
(d) Six month.

3. "Farber's ____________" details the story of Robert Sandler, the two year old son of a Boston ship worker. The child fell mysteriously ill.
(a) Research.
(b) Report.
(c) Gauntlet.
(d) Institute.

4. Orman had cancer where?
(a) In his tibia.
(b) In his spleen.
(c) In his lymph nodes.
(d) In his bicep.

5. One patient commented that she was tired of the ________________.
(a) Dumb oncologist.
(b) Rude oncologist.
(c) Smiling oncologist.
(d) Happy oncologist.

6. 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) Fueled the fire for Farber and Lasker.
(c) Intimidated Farber and Lasker.
(d) Surprised Farber and Lasker.

7. Mukherjee updates Carla Reed's condition. What had happened so far?
(a) Carla was in remission.
(b) Carla was cured.
(c) Carla's cancer had returned.
(d) Carla had passed away.

8. Minot's research pertained mostly to ________________ anemia.
(a) Vitamin deficiency.
(b) Iron deficiency.
(c) Pernicious.
(d) Sickle cell.

9. A battle began between two schools of thought. What are these schools of thought?
(a) The concept of chemical remedies and homeopathic remedies.
(b) The concept of radical surgery and simple surgery.
(c) The concept of surgery and homeopathic remedies.
(d) The concept of surgery and non-surgery.

10. Mukherjee explains that biology is based on how many fundamental tenets?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Eight.

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

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

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

14. Farber administered ______________ and was in wonder as Robert's disease went into remission almost immediately.
(a) Aminoglycosides.
(b) Aminata.
(c) Aminopterin.
(d) Aminophylline.

15. MOPP caused what?
(a) Weight loss.
(b) Sterility.
(c) Hair loss and weight gain.
(d) Severe nausea plus untold long term effects.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did therapies need to be developed?

2. Cole believed that these theories may have been right when?

3. Virchow began to notice uncontrolled growth of cells. Virchow referred to this as _____________ or distorted growth.

4. 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.

5. Who led tests on intensive chemotherapy by using 4 drugs referred to as MOPP?

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