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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who discovered and studied the tobacco mosaic virus in 1892?
(a) Dmitri Ivanovsky.
(b) John Webster.
(c) William Caxton.
(d) Lillian Hellman.

2. 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) “Normality.”
(b) “Healing.”
(c) “Tranquility.”
(d) “Resolution.”

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

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

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

6. According to the author in Chapter 10, contemporary medicine is responsible for the five-year remission rate of childhood leukemia now being nearly what percent?
(a) 60%.
(b) 45%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 30%.

7. What word from the Epilogue means caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition?
(a) Psychological.
(b) Traumalogical.
(c) Pathological.
(d) Philosophical.

8. The author claims in the Epilogue that “good health is a guarantee of” what?
(a) “Easy life.”
(b) “Body function.”
(c) “Long life.”
(d) “Nothing.”

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

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

11. 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) The total curing of a disease.
(d) A continuous study of medicine.

12. 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.

13. Incidents of tuberculosis in AIDS patients are said to be how many times greater than non-AIDS related cases?
(a) 360.
(b) 30.
(c) 140.
(d) 500.

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

15. The author claims in the Epilogue, “We live today in the era not of the art of dying, but of the art of” what?
(a) “Living life.”
(b) “Changing life.”
(c) “Saving life.”
(d) “Taking life.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Nuland say influenced the medical decisions he made in his brother's care in Chapter 11?

2. What is the title of Chapter 12?

3. What refers to the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct?

4. When was The Kingdom of God Is Within You published?

5. What refers to a DNA molecule that is separate from and can replicate independently of the chromosomal DNA?

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