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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Several months later Rudolf Virchow, a German researcher, published a case study strikingly similar to Bennett's case. How does Virchow argue with Bennett's theory?
(a) Blood had no reason to transform itself into anything.
(b) Blood was not capable of transforming itself into anything.
(c) Red blood cells could not become white blood cells.
(d) Blood cells could not multiply.

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

3. Due to the resistance of patient involvement, the clinical trials lasted for __________ years.
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty.

4. What is MOPP?
(a) A radical surgery done for those with cancer.
(b) A tool used to clean the floor.
(c) A combination chemotherapy regimen.
(d) A simple surgery done for those with cancer.

5. In the shadow of Albert's death, Mary Lasker's cancer campaign took on a _______________ tone.
(a) More positive.
(b) More dejected.
(c) More urgent and insistent.
(d) Defeated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orman had cancer where?

2. "Farber's ____________" details the story of Robert Sandler, the two year old son of a Boston ship worker. The child fell mysteriously ill.

3. Then this surgery was accelerated to what?

4. The author, Siddhartha Mukherjee, learned about Carla after she had checked into Massachusetts ______________ Hospital.

5. Farber was fortunate to have lived in the right time, but he was perhaps even more fortunate for what reason?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was this letter to Richard Nixon significant at the time?

2. Describe the New York Times letter to Richard Nixon. How could this tactic be useful today?

3. How could this battle regarding surgery be ended?

4. How was the chemotherapy ward a battle ground in the 1970s?

5. Why was Farber fortunate to have lived in the right time, and also died at the right time?

6. How did Virchow stumble upon cancer?

7. What did Moya Cole think of Halsted's theories? Why?

8. What was the significance of using MOPP in the treatment of breast cancer?

9. What were the problems with VAMP? How might these be corrected?

10. How is cancer a total disease? How is this important?

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