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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 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?
(a) Panicked.
(b) Angry.
(c) Heartbroken.
(d) Mystified.

2. Cecil K. Drinker's investigative report into radium poisoning stated that radium has a similar chemical nature to what element?
(a) Phosphorous.
(b) Radon.
(c) Calcium.
(d) Lead.

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

4. 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) Safety glasses and limited working hours.
(b) Protective suits and gloves.
(c) Lead aprons and safety glasses.
(d) Lead screens and vacations from work.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Hazel Kuzer when she died of radium poisoning?

3. To what position was Katherine Schaub promoted after the term of her apprenticeship?

4. Most dial-painters in the United States were the daughters and granddaughters of whom?

5. When Edna Hussman was examined by Dr. Frederick Flinn, what conclusion did he reach that he then shared with Edna Hussman?

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