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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) “Resolution.”
(c) “Tranquility.”
(d) “Healing.”

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

4. What word from Chapter 10 refers to the transference of malignant or cancerous cells to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces?
(a) Obtundation.
(b) Metabolomics.
(c) Metastasis.
(d) Acute infection.

5. 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 loved all children.
(b) And it was always said of him that he would give you the shirt off his back.
(c) And it was always said of him that he was the nicest man you could ever meet.
(d) And it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well.

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

7. Robert DeMatteis was desperately afraid of what, according to the author in Chapter 11?
(a) Heights.
(b) Medical personnel.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Dogs and other large animals.

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

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

10. 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 greatest talent.
(c) His sense of humor.
(d) His positive outlook.

11. 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) “Taking life.”
(d) “Saving life.”

12. In what year was Ishmael Garcia diagnosed with HIV?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1990.

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

14. The author states that he is entering what decade in his life in the Epilogue?
(a) The sixth.
(b) The fifth.
(c) The seventh.
(d) The eighth.

15. Approximately when was Hippocrates born?
(a) 460 B.C.
(b) 650 B.C.
(c) 225 B.C.
(d) 115 A.D.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a common refrain of doctors and nurses in the treatment of the terminally ill, according to the author in Chapter 11?

2. The medical etymology of the term cancer can be traced back to the days of whom, according to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 10?

3. Who discovered and studied the tobacco mosaic virus in 1892?

4. When did symptoms indicate that Ishmael Garcia’s lungs were infected?

5. Where was Leo Tolstoy from?

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