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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 7, the combination of accidents, suicide, and euthanasia comprise one of the foremost causes of death in those under what age?
(a) 44.
(b) 77.
(c) 56.
(d) 65.

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

3. What profession did Robert DeMatteis have?
(a) Computer guru.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Attorney.
(d) Schoolteacher.

4. 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) Chemotherapy.
(c) Chromotherapy.
(d) Gammatherapy.

5. What word from Chapter 10 refers to any abnormal new growth of tissue, or tumor?
(a) Pandemic.
(b) Neoplasm.
(c) Aphasia.
(d) Embolus.

6. What refers to a disease outbreak, which presents over a large area and is actively spreading?
(a) Trauma.
(b) Pandemic.
(c) Atria.
(d) Embolus.

7. The protagonist of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby falls into a river after encountering what upper-class girl?
(a) Mary.
(b) Nicole.
(c) Ellie.
(d) Susan.

8. When was The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby published?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1824.
(c) 1863.
(d) 1883.

9. When was The Kingdom of God Is Within You published?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1837.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1894.

10. In what year did Harold Bliss die?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1899.

11. What does PCOD stand for in the text?
(a) Primary cause of death.
(b) Primary cause of disease.
(c) Primary cause of dementia.
(d) Primary cause of distress.

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

13. What autobiography did Lewis Thomas publish?
(a) Doctors: The Illustrated History of Medical Pioneers.
(b) The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer.
(c) Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital.
(d) The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine Watcher.

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

15. How many children did Ishmael Garcia have?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 6.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author claims in the Epilogue, “We live today in the era not of the art of dying, but of the art of” what?

2. What refers to any one of a number of viruses that infect bacteria?

3. What term refers to a type of white blood cell in the vertebrate immune system?

4. The author states in the Epilogue, “For those who die and those who love them, a realistic expectation is the surest path to” what?

5. Approximately when was Hippocrates born?

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