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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. What term refers to a type of white blood cell in the vertebrate immune system?
2. By what title is Hippocrates often referred?
3. What term does the author use in the Epilogue to refer to a victory with such a devastating cost that it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately lead to defeat?
4. Who is the protagonist of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?
5. What word from Chapter 10 refers to the transference of malignant or cancerous cells to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces?
Short Essay Questions
1. How would you characterize the language of How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter?
2. What does the author state in regard to the stigma of AIDS and HIV in Chapter 8?
3. How does the author begin Chapter 12? What does Dr. Nuland cite as his learning experiences in this chapter?
4. How are viruses spread? What does the author use as an example in Chapter 9?
5. What does the author state regarding dignity in death in the Epilogue?
6. Why is understanding the finite quality of life important, according to Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland?
7. What problems and diseases are associated with those infected with AIDS, according to the author in Chapter 9?
8. What article by Percival Pott is described in Chapter 10? What does Dr. Nuland conclude regarding the article?
9. What author does Dr. Nuland cite in Chapter 12? Why?
10. What does the author assert regarding assisted suicide for the elderly in Chapter 7?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the major components of the heart and their function. Which blood vessel most commonly causes infarct in the heart? How do the functions of the left and right sides of the heart differ? Where do most health problems arise first in the heart?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the World Health Organization. How is “death” defined by each of these organizations? How must death be accounted for? Why does Dr. Nuland refer to death as having been turned into a bureaucracy?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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