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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fifteenth century printer is quoted in the Introduction as having described the art of dying as “the craft for to deye for the helthe of mannessowle”?
(a) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(b) William Caxton.
(c) James Cowles Prichard.
(d) Charles Kingsley.

2. The electric energy that stimulates the heart occurs where?
(a) The ventricles.
(b) The atrioventricular node.
(c) The atria.
(d) The sinoatrial node.

3. What was written in Robert DeMatteis’s epitaph, according to the author in Chapter 11?
(a) And it was always said of him that he loved all children.
(b) And it was always said of him that he would give you the shirt off his back.
(c) And it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well.
(d) And it was always said of him that he was the nicest man you could ever meet.

4. What are the most common neurological problems associated with HIV?
(a) AIDS dementia and toxoplasmosis.
(b) Schizophrenia and depression.
(c) Advanced Alzheimer’s disease.
(d) Chronic depression and anxiety disorders.

5. What refers to the treatment of cancer with an antineoplastic drug or with a combination of such drugs into a standardized treatment regimen?
(a) Plasmatherapy.
(b) Chromotherapy.
(c) Chemotherapy.
(d) Gammatherapy.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what title is Hippocrates often referred?

2. When was The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby published?

3. How old was the woman that the author described having operated on for early-stage breast cancer in the Introduction?

4. What word from Chapter 12 refers to a lack of effectiveness or success?

5. The author claims in the Introduction that “[t]he good death has become” what?

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