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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James McCarty was admitted to the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked after experiencing what?
(a) Pressure in his chest and left side.
(b) Loss of vision.
(c) Loss of hearing.
(d) A pain in his right knee.

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”
(b) “A Strangled Heart.”
(c) "Accidents, Suicide, and Euthanasia."
(d) "The Malevolence of Cancer."

4. The electric energy that stimulates the heart occurs where?
(a) The ventricles.
(b) The atria.
(c) The sinoatrial node.
(d) The atrioventricular node.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What refers to a thick wall of muscle separating the right side and the left side of the heart?

4. What was the name of Dr. Nuland’s brother?

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

(see the answer key)

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