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

2. What refers to a DNA molecule that is separate from and can replicate independently of the chromosomal DNA?
(a) Hemoglobin.
(b) Embolus.
(c) Atria.
(d) Plasmid.

3. What refers to the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Morality.
(c) Politics.
(d) Religion.

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

5. What does Dr. Nuland say influenced the medical decisions he made in his brother's care in Chapter 11?
(a) Religion.
(b) Science.
(c) Cost.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the Epilogue means caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition?

2. What word from Chapter 12 refers to a lack of effectiveness or success?

3. What term refers to a type of white blood cell in the vertebrate immune system?

4. What word from Chapter 8 refers to a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation?

5. The author asserts in the Epilogue, “Between the lines of this book lies an unspoken plea for the resurrection of” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the central message in Chapter 12? How is hope related to this message?

2. What made Robert DeMatteis memorable to Dr. Nuland as a patient?

3. How are viruses spread? What does the author use as an example in Chapter 9?

4. How would you characterize the language of How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter?

5. What is the underlying influence for a person’s capacity for hope when facing terminal disease, according to the author in Chapter 11?

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

7. How is the etymology of cancer related to its progression as a disease?

8. What conclusions did John Seidman reach regarding death and the dying?

9. How does the author begin Chapter 12? What does Dr. Nuland cite as his learning experiences in this chapter?

10. What does the author state regarding dignity in death in the Epilogue?

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