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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a thick wall of muscle separating the right side and the left side of the heart?
(a) The embolus.
(b) The neoplasm.
(c) The stigma.
(d) The septum.

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

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

4. According to the author in the Introduction, “Everyone wants to know the details of dying, though few are willing to” what?
(a) “Ask the tough questions.”
(b) “Speculate.”
(c) “Say so.”
(d) “Investigate.”

5. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, the molecules in a living organism are what?
(a) Not subject to mutation.
(b) Infinite.
(c) Subject to mutation.
(d) Finite.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother eventually die from?

2. The author claims in the Introduction that “[t]he good death has become” what?

3. Horace Giddens is a character in what play?

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 1, James McCarty was the picture of what when he was admitted to the university hospital?

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