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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author states in the Epilogue, “I am more interested in how a man lives than” what?
(a) “How a plant dies.”
(b) “How a plant lives.”
(c) “How a star dies.”
(d) “How an animal lives.”

3. The medical etymology of the term cancer can be traced back to the days of whom, according to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 10?
(a) Herodotus.
(b) Plato.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Hippocrates.

4. 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) Fortitude.
(b) Conscience.
(c) Hope.
(d) Remorse.

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

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

7. What refers to a DNA molecule that is separate from and can replicate independently of the chromosomal DNA?
(a) Atria.
(b) Plasmid.
(c) Embolus.
(d) Hemoglobin.

8. What is the third of the three main stages of HIV?
(a) Acute infection.
(b) Clinical Latency.
(c) Myocardial infarction.
(d) AIDS.

9. Harold Bliss was how old when he died?
(a) 51.
(b) 76.
(c) 92.
(d) 68.

10. It is suggested that Ishmael Garcia contracted HIV by what means?
(a) Cutting himself on the subway.
(b) Drug use.
(c) Sexual intercourse.
(d) During a surgical procedure.

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

12. When was Percival Pott born?
(a) 1714.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1839.
(d) 1653.

13. What does Dr. Nuland say influenced the medical decisions he made in his brother's care in Chapter 11?
(a) Cost.
(b) Religion.
(c) Science.
(d) Hope.

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

15. What term does the author use in the Epilogue to refer to a person who investigates and attempts to resolve complaints and problems?
(a) Confidant.
(b) Detective.
(c) Busybody.
(d) Ombudsman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Virology is a sub-specialty of what scientific study?

2. What are the most common neurological problems associated with HIV?

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

4. When was Lewis Thomas born?

5. Robert DeMatteis was desperately afraid of what, according to the author in Chapter 11?

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