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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Katherine Schaub when she first started working at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 11.
(d) 18.

2. On April 2, 1925, Arthur Roeder invited Frederick Hoffman to the Orange plant to use the new signs he had erected that warned workers not to put the radium paint-laden brushes in their mouths. In what field was Frederick Hoffman employed?
(a) Statistics.
(b) Disease control.
(c) Industrial waste.
(d) Chemistry.

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

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

5. Until 1922, Cecil K. Drinker's department at Harvard was wholly funded by what source?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Government grants.
(c) The Drinker family's wealth.
(d) Commercial firms.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By whom was Dr. Frederick Flinn paid when he researched the possible harm being caused by various companies' use of radium?

3. When Katherine Schaub first started working at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation, she was placed into an apprenticeship in what position?

4. Grace Fryer was motivated to take a position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation by what reason?

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

(see the answer key)

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