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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-19.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When Cecil K. Drinker found out that the United States Radium Corporation had suppressed his report, he made a deal with Arthur Roeder that he would not publish the report as long as Arthur Roeder immediately took what action?
(a) Sent a full copy of the report to John Roach.
(b) Paid Cecil K. Drinker $50,000.
(c) Instituted a set of safety measures to protect the dial-painters.
(d) Sent a full copy of the report to the New York Times for publication.
2. What adjective did the discoverer of radium use often to describe the element?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Wondrous.
(d) Enigmatic.
3. As the most valuable substance on earth, how much did a single gram of radium cost in 1917?
(a) $80,000.
(b) $360,000.
(c) $120,000.
(d) $240,000.
4. Who was the first of the United States dial-painters to file suit against her employer?
(a) Katherine Schaub.
(b) Peg Looney.
(c) Marguerite Carlough.
(d) Grace Fryer.
5. To what position was Katherine Schaub promoted after the term of her apprenticeship?
(a) Inspector.
(b) Forewoman.
(c) Dial-painter.
(d) Tax adjuster.
Short Answer Questions
1. For what period of time did Swen Kjaer's national study of the radium dial-painting industry last?
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?
3. Sabin von Schocky held what position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
4. Whose family first joined the lawsuit Marguerite Carlough had filed against the United States Radium Corporation?
5. When John Roach, the deputy commissioner of the Department of Labor, heard that "the report supplied by the firm was a whitewash" (115), he requested a full copy of the study. What reason did Arthur Roeder give when he refused John Roach's request?
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