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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the character of Horace Giddens suffer from?
(a) Chronic heart disease.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Alzheimer’s Disease.
(d) Exsanguination.

2. What fifteenth century printer is quoted in the Introduction as having described the art of dying as “the craft for to deye for the helthe of mannessowle”?
(a) James Cowles Prichard.
(b) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(c) William Caxton.
(d) Charles Kingsley.

3. According to the author in Chapter 4, whereas a young person might have been able to fight off or change the course of illness, the elderly are attacked when the body's parts-replacement process is what?
(a) At its weakest.
(b) In overdrive.
(c) No longer functioning.
(d) At its limit.

4. What is the title of Chapter 4 of the book?
(a) "The Malevolence of Cancer."
(b) “Lessons Learned.”
(c) “Alzheimer’s Disease.”
(d) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”

5. 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) “Say so.”
(c) “Speculate.”
(d) “Investigate.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Horace Giddens eventually die in the play discussed in Chapter 2?

2. What was the name of the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked when James McCarty was admitted?

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

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

5. What does Dr. Nuland discuss that is also called also called coronary artery or coronary heart disease in Chapter 1?

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