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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. According to the author in Chapter 10, contemporary medicine is responsible for the five-year remission rate of childhood leukemia now being nearly what percent?
(a) 45%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 30%.

2. Who discovered and studied the tobacco mosaic virus in 1892?
(a) John Webster.
(b) Lillian Hellman.
(c) Dmitri Ivanovsky.
(d) William Caxton.

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

4. According to the author in Chapter 8, what percentage of the National Institutes of Health approximately $9 billion budget goes to the study of HIV?
(a) 10%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 5%.
(d) 15%.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 10?

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

3. AIDS was first recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in what year?

4. What refers to a DNA molecule that is separate from and can replicate independently of the chromosomal DNA?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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 state in regard to the stigma of AIDS and HIV in Chapter 8?

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

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

6. How is the progression of AIDS described in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

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

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