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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) 92.
(b) 41.
(c) 49.
(d) 58.

2. What is the motto of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services?
(a) “Looking after the sick and injured.”
(b) “Looking after America’s Health.”
(c) “Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America.”
(d) “Liberty, Health, and Freedom.”

3. At what age had Irv Lipsiner suffered a small heart attack, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) 39.
(b) 47.
(c) 64.
(d) 78.

4. The upper chambers of the human heart are referred to by what name?
(a) Ventricles.
(b) Plasmid.
(c) Embolus.
(d) Atria.

5. Where was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered from complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) A hiking trail.
(b) A tennis court.
(c) In his home.
(d) At his office.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into how many main chambers is the human heart divided?

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

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

5. What refers to a thick wall of muscle separating the right side and the left side of the heart?

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