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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered from complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) A tennis court.
(b) A hiking trail.
(c) At his office.
(d) In his home.

2. 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) At its limit.
(c) In overdrive.
(d) No longer functioning.

3. Who was the first physician to correctly diagnose myocardial infarction?
(a) Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D.
(b) Lillian Hellman.
(c) Dmitri Ivanovsky.
(d) Adam Hammer, M.D.

4. What director of the autopsy service of the Yale-New Haven Hospital does Dr. Nuland credit for his assistance in Chapter 4?
(a) John Webster.
(b) G.J. Walker Smith, M.D.
(c) James Cowles Prichard.
(d) John Seidman.

5. What was the profession of James McCarty?
(a) An auto mechanic.
(b) A plumber.
(c) A real estate agent.
(d) A construction executive.

Short Answer Questions

1. The human heart is enclosed in a double-walled protective sac called what?

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

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

4. What is the title of Chapter 3 of the book?

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

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