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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The author claims in the Epilogue that “good health is a guarantee of” what?
2. Who discovered and studied the tobacco mosaic virus in 1892?
3. According to the author in Chapter 12, “The Hippocratic philosophy of medicine declares that nothing should be more important to a physician than” what?
4. Who is the protagonist of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?
5. What word from the Epilogue means caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the underlying influence for a person’s capacity for hope when facing terminal disease, according to the author in Chapter 11?
2. How do accidents, suicide, and euthanasia differ from other causes of death, according to the author in Chapter 7?
3. Why does the author use chimney sweeps as an example in Chapter 10?
4. What did Dr. Nuland conclude of his decisions regarding his brother’s care in Chapter 11?
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. How does the author begin Chapter 12? What does Dr. Nuland cite as his learning experiences in this chapter?
7. According to the author in Chapter 11, what is most often the influencing factor in treating the terminally ill?
8. What conclusions did John Seidman reach regarding death and the dying?
9. Why is understanding the finite quality of life important, according to Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland?
10. How would you characterize the language of How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the discovery of AIDS in the U.S. in 1981 and medical progress in the diagnoses, evaluation, and treatment of the disease. How has the prognosis for HIV/AIDS changed in the past decade? What theories explain the spread of AIDS in the United States? Where did AIDS originate?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the six primary avenues leading to death as defined in the Introduction of the book. Which of these avenues affects the elderly principally? Which are more common among the young? Were there any avenues on this list that surprised you? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss Lillian Hellman’s play, The Little Foxes, and specifically the character of Horace Giddens. How is Giddens’ character described in the play? Why is he discussed in How We Die? What three expected causes of death does the author describe for Horace Giddens?
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