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

2. At the time the book was written, Dr. Nuland claimed that nearly how many Americans would die every day of ischemia?
(a) 65.
(b) 820.
(c) 250.
(d) 1,500.

3. Where does author Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. teach surgery and the history of medicine, according to the book’s Introduction?
(a) Yale College.
(b) Oxford University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Stanford University.

4. What was the profession of James McCarty?
(a) An auto mechanic.
(b) A real estate agent.
(c) A construction executive.
(d) A plumber.

5. How old was the woman that the author described having operated on for early-stage breast cancer in the Introduction?
(a) 43.
(b) 35.
(c) 56.
(d) 29.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?

2. Irv Lipsiner is described as an athlete and what in Chapter 1?

3. What Latin term does the author use to describe the “art of dying” in the Introduction?

4. According to the Introduction author Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. is the literary editor of what periodical?

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

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