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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time the book was written, Dr. Nuland claimed that nearly how many Americans would die every day of ischemia?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 65.
(c) 250.
(d) 820.

2. What is the title of Chapter 3 of the book?
(a) “A Strangled Heart.”
(b) “Three Score and Ten.”
(c) “Murder and Serenity.”
(d) “Lessons Learned.”

3. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 5, as the parts of the brain affected by Alzheimer's increase, eventually the awareness of one's surrounding will be lost, as will what?
(a) Eyesight.
(b) Critical thinking ability.
(c) Gross motor skills.
(d) Long term memory.

4. While in the midst of doing his admission paperwork, Dr. Nuland observed James McCarty begin to do what, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) Tap his feet rapidly.
(b) Scratch his arms intensely.
(c) Convulse and shout.
(d) Sweat and cry.

5. At what age had Irv Lipsiner suffered a small heart attack, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) 39.
(b) 64.
(c) 78.
(d) 47.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the number three killer of the elderly, according to the author in Chapter 4?

3. Where do Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. and his family currently live, according to the Introduction?

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

5. What is described by the author in Chapter 5 as a physician who will investigate a disease by evaluating its origins and symptoms?

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