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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the most common disease categories does the author intend to focus on, according to the Introduction?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

2. What medical procedure did Dr. Nuland perform on James McCarty, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) A menisectomy.
(b) A lobotomy.
(c) A vasectomy.
(d) A thoracotomy.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of Chapter 1?

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

4. The author claims in the Introduction that “[t]he good death has become” what?

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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