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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The electric energy that stimulates the heart occurs where?
(a) The atrioventricular node.
(b) The sinoatrial node.
(c) The atria.
(d) The ventricles.

2. Horace Giddens is described by Dr. Nuland as what in Chapter 2?
(a) “The Everyman.”
(b) “The Wonderman.”
(c) “The Superman.”
(d) “The Onlyman.”

3. Dr. Nuland states that in another era, death was determined by the lack of a heartbeat. Today, however, death is equated with what?
(a) Loss of body heat.
(b) Lack of breathing.
(c) Loss of brain function.
(d) Lack of blinking.

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

5. All but how many names were changed in the stories shared by the author in How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered from complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?

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

3. What Latin term does the author use to describe the “art of dying” in the Introduction?

4. When were electrocardiograms invented?

5. Horace Giddens is a character in what play?

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