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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When was The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby published?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1824.
2. The protagonist of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby falls into a river after encountering what upper-class girl?
(a) Ellie.
(b) Mary.
(c) Susan.
(d) Nicole.
3. Harold Bliss was how old when he died?
(a) 68.
(b) 76.
(c) 51.
(d) 92.
4. According to the author in Chapter 12, “Death belongs to the dying and” who?
(a) “Those who insure them.”
(b) “God.”
(c) “Those who love them.”
(d) “Their beneficiaries.”
5. What does Dr. Nuland say influenced the medical decisions he made in his brother's care in Chapter 11?
(a) Cost.
(b) Science.
(c) Religion.
(d) Hope.
6. What is the first of the three main stages of HIV?
(a) Clinical Latency.
(b) Acute infection.
(c) Myocardial infarction.
(d) AIDS.
7. How many children did Ishmael Garcia have?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 6.
8. Where was William Osler born?
(a) Canada.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Denmark.
9. 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) Acute infection.
(c) Metastasis.
(d) Metabolomics.
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) Hippocrates.
(b) Plato.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Herodotus.
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) “Saving life.”
(b) “Living life.”
(c) “Changing life.”
(d) “Taking life.”
12. It is suggested that Ishmael Garcia contracted HIV by what means?
(a) During a surgical procedure.
(b) Sexual intercourse.
(c) Cutting himself on the subway.
(d) Drug use.
13. 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.
14. Who discovered and studied the tobacco mosaic virus in 1892?
(a) William Caxton.
(b) Dmitri Ivanovsky.
(c) John Webster.
(d) Lillian Hellman.
15. What word from the Epilogue means caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition?
(a) Psychological.
(b) Pathological.
(c) Traumalogical.
(d) Philosophical.
Short Answer Questions
1. How tall was Robert DeMatteis?
2. AIDS was first recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in what year?
3. What refers to any one of a number of viruses that infect bacteria?
4. What is the title of Chapter 8 in the book?
5. How old was Robert DeMatteis, as described in Chapter 11?
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