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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 position did Anna Rooney hold at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Forewoman.
(c) Insurance claims adjuster.
(d) Inspector.

2. In February of 1925, the creator of the luminous paint, Sabin von Sochocky, wrote to the investigating statistician Dr. Hoffman in order to tell him that "the disease in question is, without doubt" (109) what type of disease?
(a) Occupational.
(b) Coincidental.
(c) Innocuous.
(d) Sexually-transmitted.

3. How old was Hazel Kuzer when she died of radium poisoning?
(a) 25.
(b) 40.
(c) 35.
(d) 30.

4. As the most valuable substance on earth, how much did a single gram of radium cost in 1917?
(a) $120,000.
(b) $360,000.
(c) $240,000.
(d) $80,000.

5. What role did Josiah Stryker inhabit within the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) Founder.
(b) Foreman.
(c) Company lawyer.
(d) President.

Short Answer Questions

1. The radium powder at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation was mixed with what substance in order to create the luminous paint used to paint the dials?

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

3. Cecil K. Drinker's investigative report into radium poisoning stated that radium has a similar chemical nature to what element?

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?

5. The greenish-white luminous paint used to paint the watch dials went by what name?

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