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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 1-2 glasses per day.
(d) 5-7 glasses per day.

2. What treatments did Grace Fryer receive that eventually became too painful for her to continue?
(a) Chiropractic treatments.
(b) Physical therapy treatments.
(c) Massage treatments.
(d) X-ray treatments.

3. Who looked pointedly at Grace Fryer on one instance within the studio and warned her not to lip-point, a comment that would later take on great significance in court?
(a) Grace Fryer.
(b) Sabin von Schocky.
(c) Mollie Maggia.
(d) Katherine Schaub.

4. What was the reaction of James Ewing when the five young women he breath-tested for radium tested positive for radioactivity?
(a) He reported the positive results to the Department of Health.
(b) He thought the test instruments were faulty.
(c) He wondered if there were fraud involved and suggested they conduct another examination at a hotel.
(d) He stepped down as an involved physician.

5. 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?
(a) One year.
(b) Five years.
(c) Five months.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "It is not for myself I care. I am thinking more of the hundreds of girls to whom this [settlement] may serve as an example" (232)?

2. What was the official cause of death listed as a result of the autopsy on Peg Looney's body?

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 song about radium became a hit after being featured in the Broadway musical Piff! Paff! Pouf!?

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

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