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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harold Bliss was the first documented case of death by what means?
(a) Automotive accident.
(b) Radiation exposure.
(c) Allergic reaction.
(d) Electrocution.

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

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

4. What is a common refrain of doctors and nurses in the treatment of the terminally ill, according to the author in Chapter 11?
(a) “Treat the family and the patient.”
(b) “Treat the patient. Not the disease.”
(c) “Because I didn't want to take away his only hope.”
(d) “Because I believed he would live.”

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) Gammatherapy.
(b) Chromotherapy.
(c) Chemotherapy.
(d) Plasmatherapy.

6. Virology is a sub-specialty of what scientific study?
(a) Epidemiology.
(b) Neurology.
(c) Microbiology.
(d) Archeology.

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

8. The word “virus” derives from the Latin “virus,” which means what?
(a) Infection.
(b) Ailment.
(c) Poison.
(d) Killer.

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

10. The author claims in the Epilogue, “I will not allow a specialist to decide” what?
(a) “How to begin treatment.”
(b) “When to begin treatment.”
(c) “When to let go.”
(d) “Who lives and who dies.”

11. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act in the United States, children under what age may not be employed?
(a) 7.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

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

13. What term from Chapter 7 refers to less than full mental capacity in a medical patient?
(a) Cardiogenic shock.
(b) Obtundation.
(c) Dementia.
(d) Exsanguination.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the protagonist of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?

2. When was Lewis Thomas born?

3. Robert DeMatteis only accepted treatment for his cancer at the urging of whom?

4. According to the author in Chapter 12, “Death belongs to the dying and” who?

5. How tall was Robert DeMatteis?

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