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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in the Epilogue, “For those who die and those who love them, a realistic expectation is the surest path to” what?
(a) “Healing.”
(b) “Resolution.”
(c) “Tranquility.”
(d) “Normality.”

2. When was Leo Tolstoy born?
(a) 1828.
(b) 1851.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1795.

3. Who wrote The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?
(a) Dr. Kennith Ring.
(b) William Caxton.
(c) James Cowles Prichard.
(d) Charles Kingsley.

4. Approximately when was Hippocrates born?
(a) 115 A.D.
(b) 650 B.C.
(c) 225 B.C.
(d) 460 B.C.

5. What important word in the book refers to the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best?
(a) Remorse.
(b) Conscience.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. The protagonist of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby falls into a river after encountering what upper-class girl?

2. What word in Chapter 7 refers to a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from being unable to breathe normally?

3. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act in the United States, children under what age may not be employed?

4. According to the author in Chapter 8, what percentage of the National Institutes of Health approximately $9 billion budget goes to the study of HIV?

5. What refers to a disease outbreak, which presents over a large area and is actively spreading?

Short Essay Questions

1. What made Robert DeMatteis memorable to Dr. Nuland as a patient?

2. What did Dr. Nuland conclude of his decisions regarding his brother’s care in Chapter 11?

3. What are most often the immediate causes of death in cancer patients, according to the author in Chapter 10?

4. What problems and diseases are associated with those infected with AIDS, according to the author in Chapter 9?

5. What does Dr. Nuland suggest regarding the works of William Osler and Lewis Thomas in Chapter 7?

6. What is the underlying influence for a person’s capacity for hope when facing terminal disease, according to the author in Chapter 11?

7. How do accidents, suicide, and euthanasia differ from other causes of death, according to the author in Chapter 7?

8. What does the author assert regarding assisted suicide for the elderly in Chapter 7?

9. How does the author describe the development of HIV and AIDS knowledge in the medical community in Chapter 8?

10. What does the author caution the reader against in Chapter 12? Why?

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