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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Robert Louis Stevenson write Ordered South?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1874.
(c) 1884.
(d) 1888.

2. What was Oliver Goldsmith trained as?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Doctor.

3. In Chapter 3, what type of people were thought to be affected by TB?
(a) Reckless and sensual.
(b) Hedonic and intermperate.
(c) Dissolute.
(d) Depraved and lascivious.

4. When did Camille Saint-Saens write that Chopin was tubercular when it was not fashionable to be healthy?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1907.

5. When did Kafka write to a friend from a sanitorium two months before he died?
(a) June 1924.
(b) May 1924.
(c) March 1924.
(d) April 1924.

Short Answer Questions

1. In She Stoops to Conquer, what was the name of Mrs. Hardcastle's son by a former marriage?

2. What was fever a sign of in TB, as described in Chapter 3?

3. How does Sontag say people with cancer might be treated by relatives and friends?

4. In the 19th century, what place was tought to be good for tuberculars?

5. When did Novalis write about the ideal of perfect health?

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