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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By what name does the author refer to his grandmother?
(a) “Bubbeh.”
(b) “Mamaw.”
(c) “Nana.”
(d) “Granny.”

3. 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) Charles Kingsley.
(b) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(c) James Cowles Prichard.
(d) William Caxton.

4. How old was James McCarty when he was admitted to the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked?
(a) 18.
(b) 52.
(c) 35.
(d) 43.

5. What is the first of the seven most common causes of death for 85% of the elderly population, as discussed in Chapter 4?
(a) Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia.
(b) Hypertension.
(c) Decreased resistance to infection.
(d) Transient ischemic attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. At what age did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother emigrate from Europe to the United States?

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

4. At what age had Irv Lipsiner suffered a small heart attack, according to the author in Chapter 1?

5. At what age was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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