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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In early-twentith century popular culture, radium was dubbed as liquid what?
(a) Pep.
(b) Health.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Luminosity.

2. In January of 1924, what ultimatum did Dr. Barry give the girls he treated who worked at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) He said that if they did not file suit against the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation, he would refuse to treat them.
(b) He said if they did not quit their jobs, he would refuse to treat them.
(c) He said that if they did not pay him in full, he would refuse to treat them.
(d) He said that if they did not start brushing their teeth regularly, he would refuse to treat them.

3. What position did Anna Rooney hold at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Insurance claims adjuster.
(c) Inspector.
(d) Forewoman.

4. Who appealed to The United States Radium Corporation to monetarily help his patient, Hazel Cuzer, with her medical bills, and was turned down by the company?
(a) Dr. Ernest Miser.
(b) Dr. Anthony Cruz.
(c) Dr. Mayweather Marion.
(d) Dr. Theodore Blum.

5. The city of Newark, New Jersey was termed the city of what?
(a) Upward movement.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Opportunity.
(d) New beginnings.

6. Who once remarked, "There may be a condition into which radium has not yet entered that would produce dire results; everybody handling it should have care," (18) though his advice was ignored by the industry?
(a) Nikola Tesla.
(b) Thomas Edison.
(c) Isaac Newton.
(d) Anna Mooney.

7. When Swen Kjaer from the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted an investigation of Radium Dial's scientific laboratories in 1925, what two safeguards did he find the scientists using in their work with radium?
(a) Protective suits and gloves.
(b) Lead aprons and safety glasses.
(c) Lead screens and vacations from work.
(d) Safety glasses and limited working hours.

8. On April 2, 1925, Arthur Roeder invited Frederick Hoffman to the Orange plant to use the new signs he had erected that warned workers not to put the radium paint-laden brushes in their mouths. In what field was Frederick Hoffman employed?
(a) Statistics.
(b) Industrial waste.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) Disease control.

9. By whom was Dr. Frederick Flinn paid when he researched the possible harm being caused by various companies' use of radium?
(a) By the unions.
(b) By the dial-painting victims.
(c) By the United States Department of Labor.
(d) By the companies being investigated.

10. When Edna Hussman was examined by Dr. Frederick Flinn, what conclusion did he reach that he then shared with Edna Hussman?
(a) She had arthritic joints.
(b) She was in perfect health.
(c) Her blood was abnormal.
(d) She had syphilis.

11. In what discipline did Cecil K. Drinker work at the time he conducted a study at the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) Occupational health.
(b) Pharmaceutical safety.
(c) Communicable disease.
(d) Industrial hygiene.

12. In 1924, New Jersey enacted "a new law that made industrial diseases compensable" (88), but any legal claim had to be filed within what time frame after the point of injury?
(a) Five years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Five months.
(d) One year.

13. What amount of money did the first suit filed by a dial-painter request from the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $30,000.
(c) $75,000.
(d) $90,000.

14. For what period of time did Swen Kjaer's national study of the radium dial-painting industry last?
(a) Three years.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) One year.
(d) Three months.

15. Under state law in the early twentieth century in New Jersey, the Department of Labor had no authority to stop an industrial process even if it was what?
(a) Profitable.
(b) Harmful.
(c) Polluting the surrounding areas.
(d) Costly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song about radium became a hit after being featured in the Broadway musical Piff! Paff! Pouf!?

2. When George L. Warren, the county physician for Essex County, died on a trolley ride, who replaced him and eventually became a champion for the dial-painters' cause?

3. In 1923, what company acted as Radium Dial's main client, due to its 60% share of the U.S. alarm market?

4. What role did Josiah Stryker inhabit within the United States Radium Corporation?

5. When Cecil K. Drinker found out that the United States Radium Corporation had suppressed his report, he made a deal with Arthur Roeder that he would not publish the report as long as Arthur Roeder immediately took what action?

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