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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what period of time did Swen Kjaer's national study of the radium dial-painting industry last?
(a) One year.
(b) Three years.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three months.

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

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

4. In 1923, what company acted as Radium Dial's main client, due to its 60% share of the U.S. alarm market?
(a) Westclox.
(b) Masterclock, Inc.
(c) General Electric.
(d) Franklin.

5. 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) 1-2 glasses per day.
(b) 5-7 glasses per day.
(c) 12-14 glasses per day.
(d) 2-3 glasses per day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sabin von Schocky do when he found that radium had gotten into his left index finger?

2. Who once remarked, "There may be a condition into which radium has not yet entered that would produce dire results; everybody handling it should have care," (18) though his advice was ignored by the industry?

3. 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?

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

5. When Katherine Schaub first started working at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation, she was placed into an apprenticeship in what position?

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