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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what sanatorium in Chapter 2, did patients carry their X-rays with them?
(a) Rockhaven.
(b) The Magic Mountain.
(c) Silvercrest.
(d) Saranac Lake.

2. What did the Latin word "cancer" (10), mean?
(a) Crab.
(b) Gripee.
(c) Crustacean.
(d) Croak.

3. What is the tubercular consumed by, as described in Chapter 3?
(a) Fervour.
(b) Ardor.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Gusto.

4. As cancer is imagined to be caused by repression, how was TB explained?
(a) Ravages of resentment.
(b) Ravages of frustration.
(c) Ravages of bitterness.
(d) Ravages of vexation.

5. What does contact with someone afflicted with a disease that appeares to be a mysterious malevolency feel like, as described in Chapter 1?
(a) Infraction.
(b) Breach.
(c) Encroachment.
(d) Trespass.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Insarov, the hero of On the Eve, die?

2. When did Robert Louis Stevenson write Ordered South?

3. When did Turgenev write On the Eve?

4. How many people have to become citizens of the sick, according to Sontag?

5. From where did Keats write a letter to Fanny Brawne?

(see the answer key)

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