2. Rather than initiating his studies with cancer in its full-blown form, Auerbach has tried to understand what?
(a) Cancer in animals.
(b) The genesis of cancer.
(c) Cancer in its early stages.
(d) The history of cancer.

3. The trend also raised questions regarding what?
(a) The activities of these wealthy men.
(b) The secret lives of chimney sweeps.
(c) The amount of soot that the chimney sweeps carried home with them under the surface of their skin.
(d) The hazardous work done by the poor.

4. To whom does the author say victories in cancer research belong?
(a) The researchers of today.
(b) The researchers of the fifties and sixties.
(c) The researchers of the 19th century.
(d) The patients.

5. Have much Mukherjee's inclinations changed much since the first day of his internship?
(a) Very little.
(b) Not at all.
(c) Completely.
(d) A great deal.

6. "Part 4: Prevention Is the Cure" begins with a quote from who?
(a) David Cantor.
(b) Siddhartha Mukherjee.
(c) Percival Pott.
(d) Sidney Farber.

7. Why did Cummings decided to meet with Gustafson?
(a) The organization needed some positive energy.
(b) Phyllis gave details that were not known to the general public.
(c) Gustafson insisted.
(d) Cummings had nothing else planned.

8. "Part 6: The Fruits of Long Endeavors" begins with a quote by whom?
(a) John H. Watson.
(b) Watson Smith.
(c) James Watson.
(d) Sherlock Holmes.

9. The trend was targeted toward whom?
(a) Wealthy men.
(b) Escorts and their clients.
(c) Chimney sweeps and their apprentices.
(d) The poor and derelict.

10. 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 similar.
(d) The fact that the genetics between subjects were often very different.

11. By 1993, Slamon's early phase clinical trials had become a hot topic among ____________ cancer patients.
(a) Breast.
(b) Brain.
(c) Cervical.
(d) Testicular.

12. The ______________, led by Rous, claimed that viruses cause cancer, although no such virus had been found in human studies.
(a) Virusists.
(b) Virologists.
(c) Virusologists.
(d) Viologists.

13. In _________, Percival Pott began to notice a shocking increase in the number of patients that suffered from scrotal cancer.
(a) 1885.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1665.
(d) 1775.

14. People began to talk about _________________ and did not want to wait for the trials to be completed or for the FDA to approve the new treatment.
(a) Gleevec.
(b) PARP inhibitors.
(c) MOPP.
(d) Herceptin.

15. Who dies?
(a) Oscar Auerbach.
(b) Evarts Graham.
(c) Percival Pott.
(d) Sidney Farber.