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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Tap his feet rapidly.
(b) Sweat and cry.
(c) Scratch his arms intensely.
(d) Convulse and shout.

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

3. Dr. Nuland was in what year of his medical studies when he encountered James McCarty?
(a) His third year.
(b) His first year.
(c) His sixth year.
(d) His seventh year.

4. What word in Chapter 7 refers to a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from being unable to breathe normally?
(a) Dementia.
(b) Pandemic.
(c) Asphyxia.
(d) Obtundation.

5. What is the motto of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services?
(a) “Liberty, Health, and Freedom.”
(b) “Looking after America’s Health.”
(c) “Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America.”
(d) “Looking after the sick and injured.”

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the number three killer of the elderly, according to the author in Chapter 4?

4. What does TIA stand for?

5. At what age was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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