View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mukherjee discusses a new drug for the treatment of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML). _________________ seemed to be the right drug to conquer CML.
(a) Gleevec.
(b) PARP inhibitors.
(c) Herceptin.
(d) MOPP.

2. In Spring 2005, Mukherjee had to make a decision. What was this decision?
(a) To work as a pediatrician or a clinician.
(b) To continue working in cancer research or become a surgeon.
(c) To work as a clinician or a laboratory scientist.
(d) To work with children or animals.

3. The author discusses lab work, theories, experiments and the potential ____________ causes related to cancer.
(a) Major.
(b) Genetic.
(c) Minor.
(d) Environmental.

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

5. The U.S. Public Health Service is approached regarding what?
(a) A warning on cigarettes.
(b) An increase in cigarette sales.
(c) A decrease in cigarette sales.
(d) A ban on cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. _____________________ published a report in 1956 that delineated the connection between tobacco and lung cancer.

2. The letter was received by whom at the Jimmy Fund development office?

3. It was ________ years later when Einar Gustafson returned to Children's Hospital to a full fanfare.

4. The ____________ theory developed by Varmus and Bishop provided the first comprehensive theory of carcinogenesis.

5. Why did Cummings decided to meet with Gustafson?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is James Watson's quote? How is this significant?

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

4. How did the quest for the cure for cancer undergo a drastic reorganization in 1976?

5. What problems could arise with genetic engineering?

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

7. What is meant by a "Risky Prediction?"

8. What is the oncogene theory?

9. Who were the successors of Theodor Boveri?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 933 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample