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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-19.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Before dipping their brushes into the radium, what action were the dial-painters at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation instructed to take?
(a) To put the brush to their lips.
(b) To put the brush behind their ears.
(c) To dip their brushes into the pot of phosphorous.
(d) To swirl the brush's end against their clothing.
2. Sabin von Schocky held what position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Founder.
(c) Human Resources Director.
(d) Inspector.
3. Katherine Wiley, the woman who conducted an independent investigation into the health of the dial-painters at the United States Radium Corporation, worked for what organization?
(a) The Justice League.
(b) The League of Women Voters.
(c) The Workers' Rights League.
(d) The Consumers League.
4. What amount of money did the first suit filed by a dial-painter request from the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) $75,000.
(b) $90,000.
(c) $30,000.
(d) $50,000.
5. What position did Anna Rooney hold at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) Inspector.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Insurance claims adjuster.
(d) Forewoman.
Short Answer Questions
1. What role did Josiah Stryker inhabit within the United States Radium Corporation?
2. When Radium Dial conducted an internal investigation of its workers' health, how many of the dial-painters were told of their results?
3. What adjective did the discoverer of radium use often to describe the element?
4. 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?
5. 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?
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