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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Nuland discuss that is also called also called coronary artery or coronary heart disease in Chapter 1?
(a) Corollary heart disease.
(b) Hodgkinson’s disease.
(c) Ischemic heart disease.
(d) Alzheimer’s disease.

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?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

4. A person’s heart rate does what annually as they age, according to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3?
(a) Increases.
(b) Decreases.
(c) Remains stagnant.
(d) Begins to stagger.

5. How many of the most common disease categories does the author intend to focus on, according to the Introduction?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The human embryonic heart begins beating at around how many days after conception?

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

4. What was the profession of James McCarty?

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

(see the answer key)

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