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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Life - Chapters 6 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Alexis Carrel grow an "immortal chicken heart"?
(a) January 29, 1951.
(b) April 10, 1926.
(c) August 1, 1920.
(d) January 17, 1912.

2. How much blood did Henrietta's cousin Emmett and his friends donate when they heard Henrietta was in need of transfusions at the hospital?
(a) 8 pints.
(b) 10 pints.
(c) 2 pints.
(d) 5 pints.

3. Cervical carcinomas are divided into two types. What are these types?
(a) Sedentary and biological.
(b) Radiant and specialized.
(c) Invasive and noninvasive.
(d) Internal and external.

4. How old was Henrietta when she gave birth to her first child?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

5. Who was the gynecologist that examined Henrietta Lacks when she first went to Johns Hopkins Hospital to have the knot in her womb seen?
(a) Dr. William Scherer.
(b) Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde.
(c) Dr. Howard Jones.
(d) Dr. Roland Pattillo.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Henrietta Lacks die?

2. What nickname did Deborah Lacks have within her family?

3. On what date did Henrietta marry David Lacks?

4. What best-selling book did Alexis Carrel publish that criticized an "error" in the U.S. Constitution of equality for all people?

5. When did George Papanicolaou publish a paper describing what is now known as the "Pap smear"?

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