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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In early-twentith century popular culture, radium was dubbed as liquid what?
(a) Luminosity.
(b) Health.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Pep.

2. Most dial-painters in the United States were the daughters and granddaughters of whom?
(a) Socialists.
(b) Industrialists.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Immigrants.

3. What song about radium became a hit after being featured in the Broadway musical Piff! Paff! Pouf!?
(a) Radium City.
(b) Radium Romance.
(c) Radium Racket.
(d) Radium Dance.

4. In January of 1924, what ultimatum did Dr. Barry give the girls he treated who worked at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) He said if they did not quit their jobs, he would refuse to treat them.
(b) He said that if they did not start brushing their teeth regularly, he would refuse to treat them.
(c) He said that if they did not file suit against the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation, he would refuse to treat them.
(d) He said that if they did not pay him in full, he would refuse to treat them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what position was Katherine Schaub promoted after the term of her apprenticeship?

2. Part of the allure of the jobs available at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation was that the site of business was called a what, rather than a factory?

3. What type of hair was used in the brushes with which the girls painted the dials at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

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

5. 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?

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