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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city was the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?
(a) Newark, New Jersey.
(b) Orange, California.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Ottawa, Illinois.

2. The city of Newark, New Jersey was termed the city of what?
(a) New beginnings.
(b) Opportunity.
(c) Upward movement.
(d) Freedom.

3. What role did Josiah Stryker inhabit within the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) Company lawyer.
(b) Foreman.
(c) President.
(d) Founder.

4. 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) Zinc oxide.
(b) Phosphorous.
(c) Ammonia.
(d) Zinc sulfide.

5. Katherine Wiley of the Consumer League campaigned to have what disease added to the list of legally compensable occupational diseases?
(a) Phossy jaw.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Radium necrosis.
(d) Syphilis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What amount of money did the first suit filed by a dial-painter request from the United States Radium Corporation?

2. What period of time passed between the time Grace Fryer read about the United States Radium Corporation's first paid settlements and the filing of her own lawsuit against the United States Radium Corporation?

3. What adjective did the discoverer of radium use often to describe the element?

4. By whom was radium discovered?

5. In what discipline did Dr. Frederick Flinn hold a Doctorate degree?

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