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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 46-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under state law in the early twentieth century in New Jersey, the Department of Labor had no authority to stop an industrial process even if it was what?
(a) Polluting the surrounding areas.
(b) Harmful.
(c) Costly.
(d) Profitable.

2. Approximately how much blood did Catherine Wolfe Donahue lose each time she hemorrhaged from her jaw?
(a) One pint.
(b) Two cups.
(c) One quart.
(d) One cup.

3. 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) Two years.
(c) Five months.
(d) Five years.

4. What was inside the jewelry box that Catherine Wolfe Donahue brought to the stand with her in order to show the court?
(a) Fourteen pearls.
(b) A piece of her vertebrae.
(c) Fragments of her jawbone.
(d) Fragments of Grace Fryer's jawbone.

5. What adjective did the discoverer of radium use often to describe the element?
(a) Enigmatic.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Wondrous.
(d) Beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. After three doctors performed an extensive medical examination of Catherine Wolfe Donahue in preparation for the trial, what did they do with the dire results?

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

4. For how long did The United States Radium Corporation fight the first lawsuits filed by dial-painters before they settled with the workers out of court?

5. Who was tasked with conducting a nationwide study into the effects of radium poisoning?

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