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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. In what year did Harold Bliss die?
2. When did symptoms indicate that Ishmael Garcia’s lungs were infected?
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. What word from Chapter 10 refers to any abnormal new growth of tissue, or tumor?
5. What refers to any one of a number of viruses that infect bacteria?
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 would you characterize the language of How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter?
3. What author does Dr. Nuland cite in Chapter 12? Why?
4. What does the author caution the reader against in Chapter 12? Why?
5. What are most often the immediate causes of death in cancer patients, according to the author in Chapter 10?
6. How is the etymology of cancer related to its progression as a disease?
7. How does the author begin Chapter 12? What does Dr. Nuland cite as his learning experiences in this chapter?
8. How are viruses spread? What does the author use as an example in Chapter 9?
9. What is the central message in Chapter 12? How is hope related to this message?
10. How much money goes into the study of HIV, according to the author in Chapter 8? What have been the results of those studies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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