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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Immortality – Chapters 33 - 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to the belief and practice which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population through selective reproduction?
(a) Virology.
(b) Ebonics.
(c) Necromancy.
(d) Eugenics.

2. At what pharmaceutical company was Christoph Lengauer the Global Head of Oncology at in 2009?
(a) GlaxoSmithKline.
(b) Pfizer.
(c) Sanofi-Aventis.
(d) Johnson & Johnson.

3. Who was the Harvard anesthesiologist that published a study in the New England Journal of Medicine showing that Chester Southam's cancer research was just one of hundreds of similarly unethical cases?
(a) Henry Beecher.
(b) Harry Eagle.
(c) Emanuel Mandel.
(d) Michael Rogers.

4. In what year did Bobbette Lacks discover the truth about HeLa cells and their connection to Henrietta Lacks?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1963.

5. Who was the young Johns Hopkins researcher that sent a gift to Deborah Lacks by way of Rebecca Skloot when Rebecca met Deborah for the first time?
(a) Terry Sharrer.
(b) George Gey.
(c) Christoph Lengauer.
(d) Dr. Howard Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many points compose the code of ethics known as the Nuremberg Code?

2. What gift did Deborah give to Zakariyya when she took Rebecca to meet him in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 30?

3. What researcher at the NIH used HeLa cells to develop the first standardized culture medium that could be made by the gallon and shipped ready to use?

4. How old was Lawrence when he an Bobbette moved in together?

5. What was the name of the BBC documentary that Courtney Speed borrowed from the library to show to Rebecca Skloot when she visited Turner Station?

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