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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Dr. Nuland relates that cardiac events are what, if discovered soon enough in Chapter 1?
(a) “Eminently treatable.”
(b) “Officially treatable.”
(c) “Physically treatable.”
(d) “Technically treatable.”

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

5. From what author does the following quote come that opens the Introduction: “… death hath ten thousand several doors / For men to make their exits”?
(a) John Webster.
(b) Harvey Nuland.
(c) Phil Whiting.
(d) Rainer Maria Rilke.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. All but how many names were changed in the stories shared by the author in How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter?

3. What poet is quoted by the author in the Introduction with the line, “Oh Lord, give each of us his own death”?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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