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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grace Fryer was motivated to take a position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation by what reason?
(a) She wanted to be able to buy nice clothes with her earnings.
(b) She wanted to work alongside all of her best friends.
(c) She wanted to have the prestige of working with the wonder substance of radium.
(d) She wanted to help with the war effort.

2. Why was radium such a scarce resource?
(a) The main continent on which radium could be found was Antarctica.
(b) Radium destroyed itself very quickly upon coming into contact with oxygen.
(c) Only one location in the world existed from which the radium could be extracted.
(d) Radium was very difficult to extract from its source.

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

4. 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) 2-3 glasses per day.
(d) 1-2 glasses per day.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By whom was radium discovered?

3. 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?

4. Who looked pointedly at Grace Fryer on one instance within the studio and warned her not to lip-point, a comment that would later take on great significance in court?

5. Sabin von Schocky held what position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

(see the answer key)

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