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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the most valuable substance on earth, how much did a single gram of radium cost in 1917?
(a) $120,000.
(b) $240,000.
(c) $360,000.
(d) $80,000.

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) 5-7 glasses per day.
(b) 12-14 glasses per day.
(c) 2-3 glasses per day.
(d) 1-2 glasses per day.

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

4. In what year was radium first discovered?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1918.

5. To what position was Katherine Schaub promoted after the term of her apprenticeship?
(a) Tax adjuster.
(b) Forewoman.
(c) Dial-painter.
(d) Inspector.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The city of Newark, New Jersey was termed the city of what?

3. Why was radium such a scarce resource?

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?

5. How did Katherine Schaub come to work at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

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