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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 5, as the parts of the brain affected by Alzheimer's increase, eventually the awareness of one's surrounding will be lost, as will what?
(a) Gross motor skills.
(b) Eyesight.
(c) Long term memory.
(d) Critical thinking ability.

2. According to the author in the Introduction, “Everyone wants to know the details of dying, though few are willing to” what?
(a) “Speculate.”
(b) “Say so.”
(c) “Investigate.”
(d) “Ask the tough questions.”

3. Who wrote Researches into the Physical History of Mankind?
(a) Harvey Nuland.
(b) James Cowles Prichard.
(c) Charles Kingsley.
(d) Phil Whiting.

4. While in the midst of doing his admission paperwork, Dr. Nuland observed James McCarty begin to do what, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) Sweat and cry.
(b) Tap his feet rapidly.
(c) Scratch his arms intensely.
(d) Convulse and shout.

5. What poet is quoted by the author in the Introduction with the line, “Oh Lord, give each of us his own death”?
(a) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(b) Dr. Kenneth Ring.
(c) Charles Kingsley.
(d) Hippocrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first physician to correctly diagnose myocardial infarction?

2. What is the title of Chapter 5?

3. According to the author in Chapter 4, whereas a young person might have been able to fight off or change the course of illness, the elderly are attacked when the body's parts-replacement process is what?

4. Horace Giddens is described by Dr. Nuland as what in Chapter 2?

5. In what year was Alzheimer’s disease properly identified?

(see the answer key)

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