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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Into how many main chambers is the human heart divided?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

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

4. Irv Lipsiner is described as an athlete and what in Chapter 1?
(a) Salesman.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Stockbroker.
(d) Fireman.

5. Of what does Horace Giddens eventually die in the play discussed in Chapter 2?
(a) Chemotherapy.
(b) Cellular aging.
(c) Cardiogenic shock.
(d) Hypertension.

Short Answer Questions

1. What medical procedure did Dr. Nuland perform on James McCarty, according to the author in Chapter 1?

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

3. Dr. Nuland states that in another era, death was determined by the lack of a heartbeat. Today, however, death is equated with what?

4. What is the title of Chapter 5?

5. 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”?

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