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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered from complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) In his home.
(b) At his office.
(c) A hiking trail.
(d) A tennis court.

2. 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?
(a) No longer functioning.
(b) In overdrive.
(c) At its limit.
(d) At its weakest.

3. What was the profession of James McCarty?
(a) A construction executive.
(b) A real estate agent.
(c) A plumber.
(d) An auto mechanic.

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 1, James McCarty was the picture of what when he was admitted to the university hospital?
(a) A middle-aged working man.
(b) A toned athlete.
(c) A decrepit old man.
(d) An overweight workaholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used in Chapter 4 refers to a serious loss of global cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging?

2. According to the author in Chapter 6, lack of oxygen to any major organ can induce what?

3. Harold Bliss was the first documented case of death by what means?

4. Dr. Nuland was in what year of his medical studies when he encountered James McCarty?

5. In examining the “Near-Death Experience” in Chapter 6, Dr. Nuland presents statistics from the case studies of what psychologist?

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