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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Cecil K. Drinker refrain from publishing the report of his findings after his investigation of the United States Radium Company?
(a) Cecil K. Drinker was by then a pariah in the scientific community and could not find a publisher.
(b) The newspaper who bought the rights to Cecil K. Drinker's report went bankrupt before they could publish the report.
(c) Cecil K. Drinker was paid by the United States Radium Corporation to suppress the report's findings.
(d) Cecil K. Drinker believed Arthur Roeder should first give consent for publication of the report.

2. The radium powder at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation was mixed with what substance in order to create the luminous paint used to paint the dials?
(a) Phosphorous.
(b) Ammonia.
(c) Zinc sulfide.
(d) Zinc oxide.

3. Grace Fryer came from a family of how many children?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 10.

4. What diagnosis did Dr. Humphries in Orange provide to Quinta McDonald before he bound her in plaster from "her diaphragm to her knees" (95)?
(a) An arthritic hip.
(b) Scoliosis.
(c) Thoracic outlet syndrome.
(d) Radium poisoning.

5. In January of 1927, Grace Fryer was fitted with a solid steel back brace that she was forbidden to abandon for longer than what period at a time?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Two minutes.
(c) Two days.
(d) Two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Until 1922, Cecil K. Drinker's department at Harvard was wholly funded by what source?

2. Cecil K. Drinker's investigative report into radium poisoning stated that radium has a similar chemical nature to what element?

3. Grace Fryer was motivated to take a position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation by what reason?

4. On what street was Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?

5. When Cecil K. Drinker found out that the United States Radium Corporation had suppressed his report, he made a deal with Arthur Roeder that he would not publish the report as long as Arthur Roeder immediately took what action?

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