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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Prevention Is the Cure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom is the Pap smear named?
(a) Papanoumous.
(b) Papanicolaou.
(c) Papua.
(d) Papalous.

2. The trend also raised questions regarding what?
(a) The amount of soot that the chimney sweeps carried home with them under the surface of their skin.
(b) The secret lives of chimney sweeps.
(c) The activities of these wealthy men.
(d) The hazardous work done by the poor.

3. The author, Siddhartha Mukherjee, learned about Carla after she had checked into Massachusetts ______________ Hospital.
(a) Community.
(b) General.
(c) Local.
(d) Cancer.

4. What was the goal of the oncologist at this time?
(a) To compete with other oncologists.
(b) To study how cancer destroys cells.
(c) To fight the cancer.
(d) To earn a large paycheck.

5. VAMP is a _________ drug combination that was proposed for cancer treatment. Frei, Freireich and Skipper believed that the combination would prove to be the answer they were looking for, yet when Frei proposed it to Zubrod, the man was stunned.
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Every battle needs its iconic battleground, and one physical place epitomized the cancer wars of the late _________.

2. In 1870, the per capita consumption in America was ________________ per year.

3. What is MOPP?

4. People began to develop what regarding cancer?

5. In 1968, there were noteworthy successes where?

(see the answer key)

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