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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 20.
(b) Over 40.
(c) Over 50.
(d) Over 30.

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

3. What Latin term does the author use to describe the “art of dying” in the Introduction?
(a) Sub divo.
(b) Facfortiaetpatere.
(c) Manibus date liliaplenis.
(d) Arsmoriendi.

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

5. According to the Introduction author Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. is the literary editor of what periodical?
(a) The East Coast Journal of Medicine.
(b) Connecticut Medicine.
(c) The Journal of Atlantic Medicine.
(d) The New York Medical Review.

Short Answer Questions

1. Horace Giddens is described by Dr. Nuland as what in Chapter 2?

2. Where do Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. and his family currently live, according to the Introduction?

3. From what author does the following quote come that opens the Introduction: “… death hath ten thousand several doors / For men to make their exits”?

4. What is the title of Chapter 1?

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?

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