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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. By what title is Hippocrates often referred?
(a) Ancient Rome’s official physician.
(b) The ancient witchdoctor.
(c) The father of Western medicine.
(d) The doctor of ancient Greece.

2. How old was Robert DeMatteis, as described in Chapter 11?
(a) 56.
(b) 49.
(c) 63.
(d) 38.

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

4. Where was William Osler born?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Canada.
(d) Denmark.

5. How tall was Robert DeMatteis?
(a) 5’8”.
(b) 6'1".
(c) 6'3".
(d) 5’4”.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in Chapter 7 refers to a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from being unable to breathe normally?

2. The author claims in the Epilogue, “We live today in the era not of the art of dying, but of the art of” what?

3. The medical etymology of the term cancer can be traced back to the days of whom, according to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 10?

4. What is the title of Chapter 11?

5. Approximately when was Hippocrates born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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