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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. Who is the protagonist of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?
(a) Mark.
(b) Tom.
(c) Jack.
(d) Rob.

2. When was William Osler’s Ingersoll Lecture on the Immortality of Man published?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1869.

3. The word “virus” derives from the Latin “virus,” which means what?
(a) Poison.
(b) Infection.
(c) Ailment.
(d) Killer.

4. What profession did Robert DeMatteis have?
(a) Computer guru.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Attorney.
(d) Schoolteacher.

5. What is Chapter 9’s title in the book?
(a) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”
(b) “Murder and Serenity.”
(c) “The Life of a Virus and the Death of a Man.”
(d) “A Valentine—and How it Fails.”

Short Answer Questions

1. When was The Kingdom of God Is Within You published?

2. How tall was Robert DeMatteis?

3. What refers to the treatment of cancer with an antineoplastic drug or with a combination of such drugs into a standardized treatment regimen?

4. Virology is a sub-specialty of what scientific study?

5. What does Dr. Nuland say influenced the medical decisions he made in his brother's care in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do accidents, suicide, and euthanasia differ from other causes of death, according to the author in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

6. How much money goes into the study of HIV, according to the author in Chapter 8? What have been the results of those studies?

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

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

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

10. What case study does the author cite in discussing AIDS and HIV in the beginning of Chapter 8?

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