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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When Radium Dial conducted an internal investigation of its workers' health, how many of the dial-painters were told of their results?
(a) Zero.
(b) Fewer than five.
(c) Fewer than ten.
(d) One.

4. By whom was Edna Hussman employed when she was examined by Dr. Frederick Flinn?
(a) United States Radium Corporation.
(b) Luminite.
(c) Radium Dial.
(d) Undark.

5. Why did Cecil K. Drinker refrain from publishing the report of his findings after his investigation of the United States Radium Company?
(a) The newspaper who bought the rights to Cecil K. Drinker's report went bankrupt before they could publish the report.
(b) Cecil K. Drinker was by then a pariah in the scientific community and could not find a publisher.
(c) Cecil K. Drinker believed Arthur Roeder should first give consent for publication of the report.
(d) Cecil K. Drinker was paid by the United States Radium Corporation to suppress the report's findings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What adjective did Arthur Roeder use in a letter to Cecil K. Drinker to describe his own response to Cecil K. Drinker's final findings about the United States Radium Corporation?

3. The paper dials painted by Radium Luminous Materials Corporation workers had black backgrounds and numerals of what color?

4. In 1923, what company acted as Radium Dial's main client, due to its 60% share of the U.S. alarm market?

5. Katherine Wiley, the woman who conducted an independent investigation into the health of the dial-painters at the United States Radium Corporation, worked for what organization?

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