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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was Lewis Thomas born?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1894.

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

4. When was Leo Tolstoy born?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1851.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1828.

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

6. 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) “Resolution.”
(d) “Tranquility.”

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

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

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

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

11. 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) Fortitude.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Hope.

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

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

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

15. What was written in Robert DeMatteis’s epitaph, according to the author in Chapter 11?
(a) And it was always said of him that he was the nicest man you could ever meet.
(b) And it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well.
(c) And it was always said of him that he loved all children.
(d) And it was always said of him that he would give you the shirt off his back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does the author use in the Epilogue to refer to a person who investigates and attempts to resolve complaints and problems?

2. What is the title of Chapter 10?

3. According to the author in Chapter 12, “The Hippocratic philosophy of medicine declares that nothing should be more important to a physician than” what?

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

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

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