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

2. What does the Latin phrase “Arsmorendi is ars vivendi” mean?
(a) “Death belongs to life, life belongs to death.”
(b) “Some live to die, others die to live.”
(c) “Some must die so that others may live.”
(d) “The art of dying is the art of living.”

3. When was Lewis Thomas born?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1913.

4. 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) 60%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 45%.
(d) 75%.

5. What is a common refrain of doctors and nurses in the treatment of the terminally ill, according to the author in Chapter 11?
(a) “Treat the patient. Not the disease.”
(b) “Because I believed he would live.”
(c) “Because I didn't want to take away his only hope.”
(d) “Treat the family and the patient.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to a type of white blood cell in the vertebrate immune system?

2. What term from Chapter 7 refers to less than full mental capacity in a medical patient?

3. What was written in Robert DeMatteis’s epitaph, according to the author in Chapter 11?

4. In what year was Ishmael Garcia diagnosed with HIV?

5. What refers to the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the underlying influence for a person’s capacity for hope when facing terminal disease, according to the author in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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