Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old was Katie Mason when she died?
2. Where was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered from complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?
3. How old was James McCarty when he was admitted to the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked?
4. Dr. Nuland was in what year of his medical studies when he encountered James McCarty?
5. At what age had Irv Lipsiner suffered a small heart attack, according to the author in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the author beseech of the reader in his Introduction to How We Die?
2. How does the author describe the metabolic changes of aging in Chapter 3?
3. How has the determination of death changed over time, according to the author in Chapter 2? What are Dr. Nuland’s conclusions of the determination of death?
4. What are the processes universal to dying described by the author in his Introduction?
5. What medical progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, according to the author in Chapter 5?
6. How are heart problems and heart disease diagnosed and predicted, according to the author in Chapter 2?
7. How is “legal death” defined by the author in Chapter 6?
8. What does the author write of the “mystery” and “myth” of death in the Introduction?
9. What represents progress in cardiac care, according to the author in Chapter 2?
10. How do the brain and heart change as a person ages, according to the author in Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the mythology of dying. What authors, mythologies and religions does the author cite in his discussion of rituals and customs surrounding death? How has death been perceived by different cultures? Are any of these customs and beliefs considered more attainable than others? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Describe and analyze the symptoms, progression, and prognosis for Alzheimer’s disease. What are the first signs of the disease’s onset? How does the progression eventually lead to the death of the patient? What causes Alzheimer's disease?
|
This section contains 864 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
