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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 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?
(a) Dementia.
(b) Asphyxia.
(c) Pandemic.
(d) Obtundation.

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

3. Who wrote The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?
(a) Charles Kingsley.
(b) William Caxton.
(c) Dr. Kennith Ring.
(d) James Cowles Prichard.

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

5. Where was Leo Tolstoy from?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) Norway.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important word in the book refers to the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best?

2. Harold Bliss was how old when he died?

3. Robert DeMatteis only accepted treatment for his cancer at the urging of whom?

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?

5. The average virus is what fraction of the size of the average bacterium?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are most often the immediate causes of death in cancer patients, according to the author in Chapter 10?

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

3. What did Dr. Nuland conclude of his decisions regarding his brother’s care in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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