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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

2. How old was James McCarty when he was admitted to the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked?
(a) 18.
(b) 43.
(c) 52.
(d) 35.

3. What fifteenth century printer is quoted in the Introduction as having described the art of dying as “the craft for to deye for the helthe of mannessowle”?
(a) William Caxton.
(b) James Cowles Prichard.
(c) Charles Kingsley.
(d) Rainer Maria Rilke.

4. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) “A Strangled Heart.”
(b) "Accidents, Suicide, and Euthanasia."
(c) "The Malevolence of Cancer."
(d) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While in the midst of doing his admission paperwork, Dr. Nuland observed James McCarty begin to do what, according to the author in Chapter 1?

2. How old was the author when his mother died of cancer?

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

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

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

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