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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What term does the author use in the Epilogue to refer to a victory with such a devastating cost that it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately lead to defeat?
(a) Pyrrhic.
(b) Empiric.
(c) Aristotelian.
(d) Aristocratic.

3. When was The Kingdom of God Is Within You published?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1837.
(d) 1894.

4. What does PCOD stand for in the text?
(a) Primary cause of dementia.
(b) Primary cause of distress.
(c) Primary cause of disease.
(d) Primary cause of death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Leo Tolstoy born?

2. What profession did Robert DeMatteis have?

3. In what year was Ishmael Garcia diagnosed with HIV?

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

5. When was Percival Pott born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author caution the reader against in Chapter 12? Why?

2. What does Dr. Nuland suggest regarding the works of William Osler and Lewis Thomas in Chapter 7?

3. What problems and diseases are associated with those infected with AIDS, according to the author in Chapter 9?

4. Why is understanding the finite quality of life important, according to Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland?

5. According to the author in Chapter 11, what is most often the influencing factor in treating the terminally ill?

6. Why does the author use chimney sweeps as an example in Chapter 10?

7. What does the author assert regarding assisted suicide for the elderly in Chapter 7?

8. What does the author state in regard to the stigma of AIDS and HIV in Chapter 8?

9. What does the author relate regarding one’s quality of life in the Epilogue?

10. What author does Dr. Nuland cite in Chapter 12? Why?

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