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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 are the most common neurological problems associated with HIV?
(a) Schizophrenia and depression.
(b) Chronic depression and anxiety disorders.
(c) Advanced Alzheimer’s disease.
(d) AIDS dementia and toxoplasmosis.

2. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act in the United States, children under what age may not be employed?
(a) 7.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

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

4. 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 knew how to keep Christmas well.
(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 would give you the shirt off his back.

5. 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) “Taking life.”
(b) “Changing life.”
(c) “Living life.”
(d) “Saving life.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What refers to any one of a number of viruses that infect bacteria?

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

4. Robert DeMatteis’s determination to not lose what made him stand out in Dr. Nuland’s mind?

5. Where was Leo Tolstoy from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is stated regarding the statistics of suicide in Chapter 7?

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

5. What article by Percival Pott is described in Chapter 10? What does Dr. Nuland conclude regarding the article?

6. How does the author describe the development of HIV and AIDS knowledge in the medical community in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

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

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