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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did Robert DeMatteis weigh, according to the author in Chapter 11?
(a) 150 lbs.
(b) 320 lbs.
(c) 185 lbs.
(d) 245 lbs.

2. What is the third of the seven most common causes of death for 85% of the elderly population, as discussed in Chapter 4?
(a) Transient ischemic attack.
(b) Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia.
(c) Decreased resistance to infection.
(d) Hypertention.

3. Who is the protagonist of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?
(a) Mark.
(b) Jack.
(c) Rob.
(d) Tom.

4. What does Dr. Nuland discuss that is also called also called coronary artery or coronary heart disease in Chapter 1?
(a) Hodgkinson’s disease.
(b) Corollary heart disease.
(c) Ischemic heart disease.
(d) Alzheimer’s disease.

5. What did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother eventually die from?
(a) A stroke.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Myocardial infarction.
(d) Asphyxia.

Short Answer Questions

1. All but how many names were changed in the stories shared by the author in How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter?

2. The medical etymology of the term cancer can be traced back to the days of whom, according to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 10?

3. Where does author Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. teach surgery and the history of medicine, according to the book’s Introduction?

4. What is the protagonist’s profession in The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?

5. When did the first correctly diagnosed myocardial infarction occur?

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