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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) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 11.
(d) 19.

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

3. The author claims in the Introduction that “[t]he good death has become” what?
(a) “A wish.”
(b) “A lottery.”
(c) “A treasure.”
(d) “A myth.”

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

5. 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?
(a) Scratch his arms intensely.
(b) Sweat and cry.
(c) Tap his feet rapidly.
(d) Convulse and shout.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Nuland was in what year of his medical studies when he encountered James McCarty?

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

3. What medical procedure did Dr. Nuland perform on James McCarty, according to the author in Chapter 1?

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

5. How many of the most common disease categories does the author intend to focus on, according to the Introduction?

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