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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16: Of Dragonslayers and Pond Scum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do most Virginians expect the Revolutionary War to erase?
(a) Their debts from England.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Their tie to tobacco.
(d) Their hatred of England.

2. Once the large companies realize they have to distinguish themselves without price changes, what do they do?
(a) Put less cigarettes in a pack.
(b) Buy out small companies.
(c) Institute huge advertising campaigns.
(d) Expand their market.

3. When does the power of the tobacco industry peak?
(a) In the late 1970s.
(b) In the late 1980s.
(c) In the early 1970s.
(d) In the early 1980s.

4. What happens when one lawsuit goes on for more than a decade?
(a) The decision is reversed twice before the plaintiff finally gives up.
(b) It finally wins and opens the floodgates for other cases.
(c) It wins but is hardly considered successful.
(d) It gives up quickly.

5. What is commissioned in 1962 and includes a very diverse group of doctors, chemists, and even a statistician?
(a) The American Cancer Society.
(b) The Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health.
(c) The American Medical Association.
(d) The TIRC.

Short Answer Questions

1. What of B&W's menthol brands are soon introduced?

2. What acts to tear down many taboos against women smoking, especially in public?

3. With the rise of the industrialists and the trusts that followed, what does the United States Congress start looking at limiting?

4. Cigarettes are ______________.

5. What are extremely rare in America in the 1800s?

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