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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orman had cancer where?

2. People began to develop what regarding cancer?

3. Who was Henry Kaplan?

4. _________________ began to resurrect the concept of counting.

5. The first official naming of cancer took place around 400 B.C. Hippocrates referred to it as "karkinos," the Greek word for _________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did FDR do to fight cancer? What caused support of cancer research to wane? Why?

2. On what two fundamental tenets is biology based? Explain these tenets.

3. Describe Bennett's patient. How was John Bennett's diagnosis logical?

4. Choose a period of history that is significant to cancer research. How is this significant?

5. Why was John Bennett wrong?

6. Who is Ben Orman? How is he significant to the study of cancer?

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

8. What symptoms led to Carla Reed learning she had leukemia?

9. How could this battle regarding surgery be ended?

10. How did Virchow stumble upon cancer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cancer is not the only disease discussed in this book.

Part 1) What are two other diseases discussed in this book? Describe these two diseases. What is the purpose of having these diseases discussed in this book?

Part 2) How do these diseases compare to cancer? Which disease do you find to be the most threatening to the American people? Why?

Part 3) What similarities can be found among various diseases including all that are discussed in this book? How is this important?

Essay Topic 2

"Farber's Gauntlet" details the story of Robert Sandler.

Part 1) Who was Robert Sandler? How is his story important? How is it connected to the study of cancer and disease?

Part 2) Why is importance placed on this case? What does this say about the fight against cancer? Is this same mentality seen regarding other diseases? Why or why not?

Part 3) Would doctors today see Robert Sandler's case as some sort of success, if he was a patient today? Why or why not? What does this say about cancer research today?

Essay Topic 3

The government has at times been involved in the fight against cancer.

Part 1) When did the U.S. government first get involved in the fight against cancer? What led to this involvement? How was cancer research affected by this involvement? When and why did this involvement and public interest wane? How did this affect cancer research?

Part 2) At what other times did the government get involved in cancer research? How did the fight against cancer benefit from this involvement? How are our own lives affected by this involvement?

Part 3) At this point in our history, is the study of cancer as important to the American people as it was at other times in the past? Why or why not? What issues are most important to Americans today? Why? How might this affect the study of cancer?

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