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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 years had Dr. Nuland spent in the medical profession when How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter was published?
(a) Over 50.
(b) Over 40.
(c) Over 30.
(d) Over 20.

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

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

4. What poet is quoted by the author in the Introduction with the line, “Oh Lord, give each of us his own death”?
(a) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(b) Hippocrates.
(c) Dr. Kenneth Ring.
(d) Charles Kingsley.

5. What was the name of the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked when James McCarty was admitted?
(a) St. Joseph’s Hospital.
(b) St. Paul's Hospital.
(c) The Shriner's Hospital.
(d) The Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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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