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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. After his daughter's birth, how did Paul describe time?

2. In Part 2, Section 2, how often did Emma want to see Paul at her office?

3. After Paul began operating again in Part 2, Section 2, how long did it take before he was operating a nearly full load?

4. After his daughter's birth, what did Paul see before him?

5. What day of the week did Paul find another new tumor in Part 2, Section 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Paul's first chemotherapy session like?

2. Where did Paul and Lucy go after speaking with his oncologist for the first time in her office in Part 2, Section 1?

3. What two responses did Paul ponder as he realized he was moving toward the next recurrence of his cancer or his death?

4. How did Paul feel about his life when he learned he had cancer at the beginning of Part 2, Section 1?

5. What happened during the first operation Paul performed when he returned to the operating room in Part 2, Section 2?

6. How did Paul alter his physical therapy program once he decided to go back to the operating room?

7. When Paul viewed his first CT scan after his treatments in Part 2, Section 2, how did the scan look compared to his previous scan?

8. What type of chemo did Emma Hayward recommend for Paul?

9. What did Paul have to face like his own patients and whose help did he need to do that?

10. When Paul returned to taking full responsibility for his patients in Part 2, Section 2, how did he feel and how long did it take him to get used to the work load?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Paul faced his mortality after his cancer diagnosis. What did he mean by facing his mortality, and how did coming to terms with his mortality help him find meaning in his life and death?

Essay Topic 2

Paul commented that terminal illness should have been the perfect gift for someone who wanted to understand death. Why should his illness have been a gift for Paul, and why was it so difficult for him to understand and live through his diagnosis of a terminal illness?

Essay Topic 3

Paul was a rare physician who loved and understood literature. How did Paul use literature and his medical studies to understand life and the human existence?

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