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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Dr. Nuland use in Chapter 4 to refer to an impairment of language ability?
(a) Obtundation.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Embolus.
(d) Aphasia.

2. At what age had Irv Lipsiner suffered a small heart attack, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) 39.
(b) 47.
(c) 78.
(d) 64.

3. At the time the book was written, Dr. Nuland claimed that nearly how many Americans would die every day of ischemia?
(a) 65.
(b) 250.
(c) 820.
(d) 1,500.

4. Irv Lipsiner is described as an athlete and what in Chapter 1?
(a) Salesman.
(b) Stockbroker.
(c) Fireman.
(d) Lawyer.

5. 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 30.
(c) Over 20.
(d) Over 40.

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. What autobiography did Lewis Thomas publish?

3. At what age did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother emigrate from Europe to the United States?

4. What refers to neurotransmitters that are produced by the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus in vertebrates during exercise, excitement, pain, consumption of spicy food, love and orgasm?

5. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, heart muscle and brain cells are unable to do what?

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