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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did Ishmael Garcia have?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 6.

2. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act in the United States, children under what age may not be employed?
(a) 7.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

3. What word from Chapter 8 refers to a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation?
(a) Stigma.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Aphasia.
(d) Atria.

4. Incidents of tuberculosis in AIDS patients are said to be how many times greater than non-AIDS related cases?
(a) 500.
(b) 360.
(c) 140.
(d) 30.

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

6. How old was Robert DeMatteis, as described in Chapter 11?
(a) 49.
(b) 63.
(c) 38.
(d) 56.

7. What term refers to a type of white blood cell in the vertebrate immune system?
(a) Ventricles.
(b) Endorphins.
(c) Bacteriophage.
(d) Lymphocyte.

8. What is the first of the three main stages of HIV?
(a) Clinical Latency.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Myocardial infarction.
(d) Acute infection.

9. It is suggested that Ishmael Garcia contracted HIV by what means?
(a) During a surgical procedure.
(b) Cutting himself on the subway.
(c) Drug use.
(d) Sexual intercourse.

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

11. By what title is Hippocrates often referred?
(a) The father of Western medicine.
(b) The ancient witchdoctor.
(c) Ancient Rome’s official physician.
(d) The doctor of ancient Greece.

12. William Osler was one of the "Big Four" founding professors at what institution?
(a) St. Joseph's Hospital.
(b) The Yale-New Haven Hospital.
(c) St. Mark's Hospital.
(d) Johns Hopkins Hospital.

13. The word “virus” derives from the Latin “virus,” which means what?
(a) Killer.
(b) Ailment.
(c) Infection.
(d) Poison.

14. AIDS was first recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in what year?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1975.

15. Robert DeMatteis’s determination to not lose what made him stand out in Dr. Nuland’s mind?
(a) His greatest talent.
(b) His sense of humor.
(c) His positive outlook.
(d) The best part of himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Harold Bliss die?

2. What is the title of Chapter 11?

3. When was Leo Tolstoy born?

4. What does Dr. Nuland say influenced the medical decisions he made in his brother's care in Chapter 11?

5. The author claims in the Epilogue, “We live today in the era not of the art of dying, but of the art of” what?

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