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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By whom was radium discovered?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Isaac Newton.
(d) Marie and Pierre Curie.

2. 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) Radium takes years to harm the human body.
(c) There was no phosphorous in the paint.
(d) The paint would only be harmful in extremely cold working conditions.

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

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

5. What position did Anna Rooney hold at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) Forewoman.
(b) Insurance claims adjuster.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Inspector.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street was Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?

2. In what year was radium first discovered?

3. From what industry was the term "lip-pointing" (56) inherited?

4. The greenish-white luminous paint used to paint the watch dials went by what name?

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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