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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A person’s heart rate does what annually as they age, according to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3?
(a) Decreases.
(b) Remains stagnant.
(c) Increases.
(d) Begins to stagger.

2. When was William Osler’s Ingersoll Lecture on the Immortality of Man published?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1869.

3. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) “Murder and Serenity.”
(b) “Three Score and Ten.”
(c) "The Malevolence of Cancer."
(d) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”

4. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, the molecules in a living organism are what?
(a) Infinite.
(b) Finite.
(c) Subject to mutation.
(d) Not subject to mutation.

5. When was Lewis Thomas born?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1879.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age had Irv Lipsiner suffered a small heart attack, according to the author in Chapter 1?

2. William Osler was one of the "Big Four" founding professors at what institution?

3. What was the name of Dr. Nuland’s brother?

4. How many years had Dr. Nuland spent in the medical profession when How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter was published?

5. Dr. Nuland relates that cardiac events are what, if discovered soon enough in Chapter 1?

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