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Question 12

Read the following paragraph:

The study involved 600 men--399 with syphilis and 201 who did not have the disease. Researchers told the men they were being treated for "bad blood", a local term used to describe several ailments, including syphilis, anemia, and fatigue. In truth, they did not receive the proper treatment needed to cure their illness. In exchange for taking part in the study, the men received free medical exams, free meals, and burial insurance. Although originally projected to last 6 months, the study actually went on for 40 years.

Which of the following choices would be an acceptable paraphrase of the information?

Question 12 options:

A:The project was only supposed to last 6 months, but in the end lasted 40 years.


B:The people involved with the study told the men that they were being treated for "bad blood"


C:It involved 600 men - 399 with syphilis and 201 without this disease.


D:Hoping to fix "bad blood" was the reason the people involved with the study gave to the patients.

Answer 1

Hoping to fix "bad blood" was the reason the people involved with the study gave to the patients.

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Answer 2

The correct answer is B) The people involved with the study told the men that they were being treated for "bad blood."

The option that would be would be an acceptable paraphrase of the information is the following: The people involved with the study told the men that they were being treated for "bad blood."

The excerpt is referring to the unethical study conducted by the United States Public Service between 1932 and 1972. The name of the study was the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Black Men. The cruelty of the study was that none of the 399 men that had syphilis were treated to cure the disease; they never received the penicillin necessary to be cured.