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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. Originally, doctors dismissed the cancer. Why?
(a) They assumed that it was simply a sexually transmitted disease.
(b) They did not care about the lives of the poor.
(c) They assumed it was a hereditary disease.
(d) They assumed that it was a simple cancer to cure.

2. It was ________ years later when Einar Gustafson returned to Children's Hospital to a full fanfare.
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 40.

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

4. Who is the person who is the answer to number 179?
(a) A woman who survived leukemia.
(b) A man who had studied cancer and then got it himself.
(c) A woman who had surgery to remove cancer.
(d) A woman diagnosed with cancer, one who fought every one of cancer's moves until cancer finally won.

5. ________________ such as Doll and Hill, argued that exogenous chemicals caused cancer, although they could not offer a mechanistic explanation for their theory or results.
(a) Epidermologists.
(b) Dermatologists.
(c) Dermologists.
(d) Epidemiologists.

Short Answer Questions

1. The trend also raised questions regarding what?

2. For whom is the Pap smear named?

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

4. The study of _________viruses is discussed.

5. In the 1960s, Bruce Ames at Berkeley stumbled upon a test for what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the author end the book with Germaine's story? Is this a good ending? Why or why not?

2. What was STAMP? How did this bring hope to those who suffered from cancer?

3. How does Carla say she survived? Is this valid? Why or why not?

4. What are the similarities between AIDS and cancer? Is this important? Why or why not?

5. Who was Oscar Auerbach? What role did he play in connecting lung cancer to tobacco? Was he a good choice? Why or why not?

6. What problems could arise with genetic engineering?

7. Why did doctors dismiss the cancer found in chimney sweeps? How did cancer continue to be dismissed by others throughout time?

8. Who were epidemiologists?

9. Who was George Papanicolaou? How was his work important?

10. What are two reasons why studies into the connection between lung cancer and tobacco were inconclusive?

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