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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Death – Chapters 17 - 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the U.S.-led international war tribunal at Nuremberg sentence seven Nazi doctors to death for conducting unthinkable research on Jews without consent?
(a) August 20, 1947.
(b) January 29, 1951.
(c) February 5, 1951.
(d) April 10, 1941.

2. Where did Rebecca Skloot travel to in order to meet David "Sonny" Lacks Jr. in Part One: Life, Chapter 9?
(a) Grover.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Cleveland.

3. What does "ATCC" stand for in reference to the federal cell bank established by Lewis Coriell and others?
(a) American Technical Control Center.
(b) American Technological Culture Containment.
(c) The American Type Culture Collection.
(d) Arterial Tissue and Culture Collective.

4. 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. Roland Pattillo.
(b) Dr. William Scherer.
(c) Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde.
(d) Dr. Howard Jones.

5. Who were Henrietta's cousins that she first told about the knot she felt in her womb, prior to her visit to the hospital?
(a) Sadie and Margaret.
(b) Cliff and Cootie.
(c) Joe and Fred.
(d) Tommy and Sarah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the central reason that the HeLa factory was developed?

2. What was the population of Clover, Virginia, in 1998?

3. How old was Alexis Carrel when he invented the first technique for suturing blood vessels together?

4. For how long was Chester Southam's medical license suspended due to "fraud or deceit and unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine" after he'd injected unknowing patients with cancer cells?

5. 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?

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