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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Katherine Wiley of the Consumer League campaigned to have what disease added to the list of legally compensable occupational diseases?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Phossy jaw.
(c) Radium necrosis.
(d) Pneumonia.

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

3. By whom was radium discovered?
(a) Marie and Pierre Curie.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Isaac Newton.
(d) Albert Einstein.

4. In what year was radium first discovered?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1918.

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?
(a) The Workers' Rights League.
(b) The League of Women Voters.
(c) The Consumers League.
(d) The Justice League.

Short Answer Questions

1. What diagnosis did Dr. Humphries in Orange provide to Quinta McDonald before he bound her in plaster from "her diaphragm to her knees" (95)?

2. From what industry was the term "lip-pointing" (56) inherited?

3. Why did Cecil K. Drinker refrain from publishing the report of his findings after his investigation of the United States Radium Company?

4. In 1924, New Jersey enacted "a new law that made industrial diseases compensable" (88), but any legal claim had to be filed within what time frame after the point of injury?

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

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