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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In early-twentith century popular culture, radium was dubbed as liquid what?
(a) Luminosity.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) Pep.
(d) Health.

2. The author points out that in contrast to the radium testing labs, where the scientists took precautions with radium, the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation studio workers took no precautions. What item is NOT on the list the author gives of the items missing from the studio workers' lives?
(a) Lead aprons.
(b) Medical experts.
(c) Ivory-tipped forceps.
(d) Lead gloves.

3. What was the name of Katherine Schaub's trainer in her first apprenticeship position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) Marguerite Glacinski.
(b) Mae Cubberley.
(c) Grace Fryer.
(d) Catherine Wolfe.

4. Marketed to wealthy clients, a radium lined-jar that could be filled with water to make the water radioactive was recommended in what dose per day?
(a) 2-3 glasses per day.
(b) 12-14 glasses per day.
(c) 5-7 glasses per day.
(d) 1-2 glasses per day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Before dipping their brushes into the radium, what action were the dial-painters at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation instructed to take?

3. 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?

4. What treatments did Grace Fryer receive that eventually became too painful for her to continue?

5. When Swen Kjaer from the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted an investigation of Radium Dial's operations in 1925, how many dial-painters at the Ottawa studio were questioned?

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