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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before dipping their brushes into the radium, what action were the dial-painters at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation instructed to take?
(a) To swirl the brush's end against their clothing.
(b) To put the brush to their lips.
(c) To dip their brushes into the pot of phosphorous.
(d) To put the brush behind their ears.

2. Who appealed to The United States Radium Corporation to monetarily help his patient, Hazel Cuzer, with her medical bills, and was turned down by the company?
(a) Dr. Theodore Blum.
(b) Dr. Anthony Cruz.
(c) Dr. Ernest Miser.
(d) Dr. Mayweather Marion.

3. Who once remarked, "There may be a condition into which radium has not yet entered that would produce dire results; everybody handling it should have care," (18) though his advice was ignored by the industry?
(a) Anna Mooney.
(b) Nikola Tesla.
(c) Thomas Edison.
(d) Isaac Newton.

4. 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 help with the war effort.
(c) She wanted to work alongside all of her best friends.
(d) She wanted to have the prestige of working with the wonder substance of radium.

5. When Swen Kjaer from the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted an investigation of Radium Dial's scientific laboratories in 1925, what two safeguards did he find the scientists using in their work with radium?
(a) Lead screens and vacations from work.
(b) Protective suits and gloves.
(c) Safety glasses and limited working hours.
(d) Lead aprons and safety glasses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Katherine Schaub when she first started working at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

3. What position did Anna Rooney hold at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

4. What form did the ongoing argument between Cecil K. Drinker and Arthur Roeder take in 1924 after Cecil K. Drinker's investigation resulted in his claim that radium was causing harm to the dial-painters at the United States Radium Corporation?

5. Until 1922, Cecil K. Drinker's department at Harvard was wholly funded by what source?

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