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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By whom was Edna Hussman employed when she was examined by Dr. Frederick Flinn?
(a) Radium Dial.
(b) Luminite.
(c) Undark.
(d) United States Radium Corporation.

2. What adjective did Arthur Roeder use in a letter to Cecil K. Drinker to describe his own response to Cecil K. Drinker's final findings about the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) Mystified.
(b) Angry.
(c) Heartbroken.
(d) Panicked.

3. By whom was radium discovered?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Isaac Newton.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Marie and Pierre Curie.

4. In what year was the first suit filed by a dial-painter, in this case against the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1940.

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

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

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

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

9. Arthur Roeder held what position at the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) Treasurer.
(b) President.
(c) Company attorney.
(d) Foreman.

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

11. In what city was the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?
(a) Newark, New Jersey.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Orange, California.
(d) Ottawa, Illinois.

12. When Edna Hussman was examined by Dr. Frederick Flinn, what conclusion did he reach that he then shared with Edna Hussman?
(a) She had arthritic joints.
(b) Her blood was abnormal.
(c) She had syphilis.
(d) She was in perfect health.

13. In January of 1924, what ultimatum did Dr. Barry give the girls he treated who worked at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) He said that if they did not pay him in full, he would refuse to treat them.
(b) He said that if they did not start brushing their teeth regularly, he would refuse to treat them.
(c) He said that if they did not file suit against the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation, he would refuse to treat them.
(d) He said if they did not quit their jobs, he would refuse to treat them.

14. The greenish-white luminous paint used to paint the watch dials went by what name?
(a) Unblack.
(b) Luminest.
(c) Lighterous.
(d) Undark.

15. Why was radium such a scarce resource?
(a) The main continent on which radium could be found was Antarctica.
(b) Only one location in the world existed from which the radium could be extracted.
(c) Radium was very difficult to extract from its source.
(d) Radium destroyed itself very quickly upon coming into contact with oxygen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose family first joined the lawsuit Marguerite Carlough had filed against the United States Radium Corporation?

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

3. When George L. Warren, the county physician for Essex County, died on a trolley ride, who replaced him and eventually became a champion for the dial-painters' cause?

4. In early-twentith century popular culture, radium was dubbed as liquid what?

5. What was the name of Katherine Schaub's trainer in her first apprenticeship position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

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