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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Marketed to wealthy clients, a radium lined-jar that could be filled with water to make the water radioactive was recommended in what dose per day?
(a) 12-14 glasses per day.
(b) 5-7 glasses per day.
(c) 1-2 glasses per day.
(d) 2-3 glasses per day.

3. On what street was Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?
(a) Ninety-first Street.
(b) Tenth Street.
(c) Third Street.
(d) Fourth Street.

4. When the girls at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation started to worry that the paint they used may be dangerous, doctors from New York came and assured the girls that the paint was harmless due to what reason?
(a) The amount of radium in the paint was miniscule.
(b) The paint would only be harmful in extremely cold working conditions.
(c) Radium takes years to harm the human body.
(d) There was no phosphorous in the paint.

5. From what industry was the term "lip-pointing" (56) inherited?
(a) China-painting.
(b) Lace-making.
(c) Embroidery.
(d) Chimney-sweeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sabin von Schocky do when he found that radium had gotten into his left index finger?

2. As the most valuable substance on earth, how much did a single gram of radium cost in 1917?

3. On what day in 1917 did Congress vote America into joining World War I?

4. Before dipping their brushes into the radium, what action were the dial-painters at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation instructed to take?

5. How old was Katherine Schaub when she first started working at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

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