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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harold Bliss was the first documented case of death by what means?
(a) Electrocution.
(b) Automotive accident.
(c) Allergic reaction.
(d) Radiation exposure.

2. How many years had Dr. Nuland spent in the medical profession when How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter was published?
(a) Over 50.
(b) Over 20.
(c) Over 30.
(d) Over 40.

3. Dr. Nuland relates that cardiac events are what, if discovered soon enough in Chapter 1?
(a) “Eminently treatable.”
(b) “Officially treatable.”
(c) “Physically treatable.”
(d) “Technically treatable.”

4. 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?
(a) Aphasia.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Metastasis.
(d) Obtundation.

5. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of humans?
(a) Hemoglobin.
(b) Plasmid.
(c) Ventricles.
(d) Endorphins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What autobiography did Lewis Thomas publish?

2. What does Dr. Nuland discuss that is also called also called coronary artery or coronary heart disease in Chapter 1?

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

4. What medical procedure did Dr. Nuland perform on James McCarty, according to the author in Chapter 1?

5. What does TIA stand for?

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