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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 is the protagonist’s profession in The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?
(a) Chimney-sweep
(b) Rancher.
(c) Miner.
(d) Fisherman.

2. 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) 30%.
(d) 75%.

3. What refers to knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application?
(a) Learning.
(b) Theories.
(c) Algorithms.
(d) Laws.

4. What term from Chapter 7 refers to less than full mental capacity in a medical patient?
(a) Obtundation.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Exsanguination.
(d) Cardiogenic shock.

5. The protagonist of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby falls into a river after encountering what upper-class girl?
(a) Ellie.
(b) Susan.
(c) Mary.
(d) Nicole.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what title is Hippocrates often referred?

2. When was Percival Pott born?

3. What is the title of Chapter 11?

4. How old was Robert DeMatteis, as described in Chapter 11?

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

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 conclusions did John Seidman reach regarding death and the dying?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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