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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Dr. Nuland was in what year of his medical studies when he encountered James McCarty?
(a) His first year.
(b) His sixth year.
(c) His seventh year.
(d) His third year.

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

4. 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) 4.
(c) 9.
(d) 1.

5. 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) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(b) James Cowles Prichard.
(c) Charles Kingsley.
(d) William Caxton.

Short Answer Questions

1. James McCarty was admitted to the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked after experiencing what?

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

3. How many years had Dr. Nuland spent in the medical profession when How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter was published?

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

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

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