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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Robert DeMatteis, as described in Chapter 11?
(a) 56.
(b) 63.
(c) 38.
(d) 49.

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

3. 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.

4. What word from Chapter 8 refers to a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation?
(a) Stigma.
(b) Aphasia.
(c) Atria.
(d) Dementia.

5. How much did Robert DeMatteis weigh, according to the author in Chapter 11?
(a) 245 lbs.
(b) 150 lbs.
(c) 185 lbs.
(d) 320 lbs.

6. What is the protagonist’s profession in The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?
(a) Chimney-sweep
(b) Fisherman.
(c) Miner.
(d) Rancher.

7. Who is the protagonist of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?
(a) Mark.
(b) Tom.
(c) Jack.
(d) Rob.

8. What refers to knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application?
(a) Theories.
(b) Learning.
(c) Laws.
(d) Algorithms.

9. Where was Leo Tolstoy from?
(a) Spain.
(b) Norway.
(c) France.
(d) Russia.

10. 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?
(a) Pandemic.
(b) Obtundation.
(c) Asphyxia.
(d) Dementia.

11. What word from Chapter 12 refers to a lack of effectiveness or success?
(a) Rigidity.
(b) Futility.
(c) Morality.
(d) Mimicry.

12. According to the author in Chapter 12, “The Hippocratic philosophy of medicine declares that nothing should be more important to a physician than” what?
(a) Treating only patients with insurance.
(b) The best interests of the patient.
(c) A continuous study of medicine.
(d) The total curing of a disease.

13. The average virus is what fraction of the size of the average bacterium?
(a) One-fifth.
(b) One-tenth.
(c) One-fiftieth.
(d) One-hundredth.

14. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) "Accidents, Suicide, and Euthanasia."
(b) “Three Score and Ten.”
(c) “A Strangled Heart.”
(d) “The Life of a Virus and the Death of a Man.”

15. How tall was Robert DeMatteis?
(a) 6'1".
(b) 6'3".
(c) 5’8”.
(d) 5’4”.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first of the three main stages of HIV?

2. What refers to the treatment of cancer with an antineoplastic drug or with a combination of such drugs into a standardized treatment regimen?

3. AIDS was first recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in what year?

4. When was William Osler’s Ingersoll Lecture on the Immortality of Man published?

5. What word from the Epilogue means caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition?

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