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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the first correctly diagnosed myocardial infarction occur?
(a) 1878.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1935.

2. Dr. Nuland states that in another era, death was determined by the lack of a heartbeat. Today, however, death is equated with what?
(a) Loss of body heat.
(b) Lack of blinking.
(c) Loss of brain function.
(d) Lack of breathing.

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

4. When were electrocardiograms invented?
(a) 1842.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1920.

5. What refers to the process by which the ability to grow new cells or perform exchanges in muscle, cells, or molecules becomes impossible?
(a) Hypertension.
(b) Exsanguination.
(c) Metastasis.
(d) Cellular aging.

Short Answer Questions

1. The electric energy that stimulates the heart occurs where?

2. Horace Giddens is described by Dr. Nuland as what in Chapter 2?

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

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

5. How many years had Dr. Nuland spent in the medical profession when How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter was published?

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