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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Dr. Nuland’s grandmother when he was born?
(a) 68.
(b) 78.
(c) 56.
(d) 61.

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 3 of the book?
(a) “Three Score and Ten.”
(b) “Murder and Serenity.”
(c) “Lessons Learned.”
(d) “A Strangled Heart.”

4. Of what does Horace Giddens eventually die in the play discussed in Chapter 2?
(a) Hypertension.
(b) Cellular aging.
(c) Chemotherapy.
(d) Cardiogenic shock.

5. What did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother eventually die from?
(a) Myocardial infarction.
(b) A stroke.
(c) Asphyxia.
(d) Dementia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was James McCarty when he was admitted to the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked?

2. What does the character of Horace Giddens suffer from?

3. A person’s heart rate does what annually as they age, according to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3?

4. How old was the author when his mother died of cancer?

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

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