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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) James Cowles Prichard.
(c) William Caxton.
(d) Rainer Maria Rilke.

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

3. The upper chambers of the human heart are referred to by what name?
(a) Embolus.
(b) Plasmid.
(c) Atria.
(d) Ventricles.

4. What poet is quoted by the author in the Introduction with the line, “Oh Lord, give each of us his own death”?
(a) Charles Kingsley.
(b) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(c) Hippocrates.
(d) Dr. Kenneth Ring.

5. The human heart is enclosed in a double-walled protective sac called what?
(a) The neoplasm.
(b) The pericardium.
(c) The septum.
(d) The aphasia.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, heart muscle and brain cells are unable to do what?

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

3. A person’s heart rate does what annually as they age, according to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3?

4. What is the first of the four degrees of incoherence discussed in Chapter 5?

5. According to the Introduction author Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. is the literary editor of what periodical?

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