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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Alzheimer’s disease properly identified?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1907.

2. 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) Long term memory.
(b) Eyesight.
(c) Gross motor skills.
(d) Critical thinking ability.

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

4. What word used in Chapter 4 refers to a serious loss of global cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging?
(a) Metastasis.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Aphasia.
(d) Obtundation.

5. The author claims in the Introduction that “[t]he good death has become” what?
(a) “A treasure.”
(b) “A wish.”
(c) “A lottery.”
(d) “A myth.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term, commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die?

3. James McCarty was admitted to the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked after experiencing what?

4. What poet is quoted by the author in the Introduction with the line, “Oh Lord, give each of us his own death”?

5. What director of the autopsy service of the Yale-New Haven Hospital does Dr. Nuland credit for his assistance in Chapter 4?

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