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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author claims in the Introduction that “[t]he good death has become” what?
(a) “A lottery.”
(b) “A wish.”
(c) “A myth.”
(d) “A treasure.”

3. How old was the author when his mother died of cancer?
(a) 3.
(b) 11.
(c) 7.
(d) 19.

4. According to the author in Chapter 1, James McCarty was the picture of what when he was admitted to the university hospital?
(a) A toned athlete.
(b) A middle-aged working man.
(c) An overweight workaholic.
(d) A decrepit old man.

5. 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?
(a) Scratch his arms intensely.
(b) Tap his feet rapidly.
(c) Sweat and cry.
(d) Convulse and shout.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the profession of James McCarty?

2. What was the name of the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked when James McCarty was admitted?

3. Dr. Nuland relates that cardiac events are what, if discovered soon enough in Chapter 1?

4. According to the author in the Introduction, “Everyone wants to know the details of dying, though few are willing to” what?

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

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