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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Will You Turn Me out If I Can't Get Better?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1937 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the ________________ Act.
(a) American Cancer Society.
(b) National Cancer Center.
(c) National Cancer Institute.
(d) American Cancer Institute.

2. In hypertrophy, the number of cells __________ change.
(a) Did.
(b) Sometimes did.
(c) Did not.
(d) Rarely did.

3. The radical mastectomy needed to be tested against what?
(a) The lumpectomy.
(b) The simple mastectomy.
(c) The lumpectomy plus radiation.
(d) The simply mastectomy and lumpectomy plus radiation.

4. Cancer returned to the media spotlight in every way, particularly through _______________.
(a) Magazines.
(b) Movies.
(c) Television.
(d) Books.

5. Mukherjee begins to discuss the age of cancer, referring to the ancient discoveries of ___________ in 2625 B.C.
(a) Genghis Khan.
(b) Imhotep.
(c) Caesar Augustus.
(d) Cleopatra.

Short Answer Questions

1. William Stewart Halsted is known as the father of what?

2. Doctors began to experiment with using __________ drug combinations to combat cancer cells.

3. In _________ John Bennett, a Scottish physician, had described the case of a 28-year-old slate layer who complained of a mysterious swelling in his spleen.

4. In 1968, there were noteworthy successes where?

5. Who is Ben Orman?

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