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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 stigma.
(b) The neoplasm.
(c) The embolus.
(d) The septum.

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

3. The human embryonic heart begins beating at around how many days after conception?
(a) 90.
(b) 21.
(c) 150.
(d) 7.

4. 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) Lack of breathing.
(d) Loss of brain function.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The lower chambers of the human heart are referred to by what name?

2. How old was Dr. Nuland’s grandmother when he was born?

3. By what name does the author refer to his grandmother?

4. All but how many names were changed in the stories shared by the author in How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter?

5. Horace Giddens is a character in what play?

(see the answer key)

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