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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Robert DeMatteis’s determination to not lose what made him stand out in Dr. Nuland’s mind?
(a) His sense of humor.
(b) His greatest talent.
(c) His positive outlook.
(d) The best part of himself.

2. What is the title of Chapter 11?
(a) “Hope and the Cancer Patient.”
(b) “Lessons Learned.”
(c) “Alzheimer’s Disease.”
(d) “A Story of AIDS.”

3. What medical procedure did Dr. Nuland perform on James McCarty, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) A lobotomy.
(b) A menisectomy.
(c) A vasectomy.
(d) A thoracotomy.

4. What poet is quoted by the author in the Introduction with the line, “Oh Lord, give each of us his own death”?
(a) Hippocrates.
(b) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(c) Dr. Kenneth Ring.
(d) Charles Kingsley.

5. How old was the woman that the author described having operated on for early-stage breast cancer in the Introduction?
(a) 43.
(b) 35.
(c) 29.
(d) 56.

Short Answer Questions

1. While in the midst of doing his admission paperwork, Dr. Nuland observed James McCarty begin to do what, according to the author in Chapter 1?

2. By what name does the author refer to his grandmother?

3. At the time the book was written, Dr. Nuland claimed that nearly how many Americans would die every day of ischemia?

4. Robert DeMatteis only accepted treatment for his cancer at the urging of whom?

5. It is suggested that Ishmael Garcia contracted HIV by what means?

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