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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Iliad, what God punished the Achaeans for the abduction of Chryses' daughter?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Athena.
(c) Ares.
(d) Artemis.

2. According to Schopenhauer, what did the presence of disease indicate was sick?
(a) Soul.
(b) Will.
(c) Personality.
(d) Spirit.

3. What illness did Cresseid have in The Testament of Cresseid?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Leprosy.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) TB.

4. When was the term "La tubercule" (10) introlduced by Ambroise Pare?
(a) 14th century.
(b) 17th century.
(c) 16th century.
(d) 15th century.

5. When did TB become a new reason for exile or a life that was mainly traveling?
(a) Early 19th century.
(b) 1790s.
(c) 1880s.
(d) Late 18th century.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what work did Nietzsche write about how interesting the sick were?

2. Who wrote, "He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence" (45)?

3. When was the book You Can Fight for Your Life: Emotional Factors in the Causation of Cancer written?

4. According to the Oxford English dictionary, what synonym was used for pulmonary tuberculosis for centuries?

5. What type of mark was it to be sad?

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