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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Nuland discuss that is also called also called coronary artery or coronary heart disease in Chapter 1?
(a) Hodgkinson’s disease.
(b) Ischemic heart disease.
(c) Alzheimer’s disease.
(d) Corollary heart disease.

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

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

4. How old was the woman that the author described having operated on for early-stage breast cancer in the Introduction?
(a) 29.
(b) 35.
(c) 56.
(d) 43.

5. A person’s heart rate does what annually as they age, according to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3?
(a) Increases.
(b) Begins to stagger.
(c) Decreases.
(d) Remains stagnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 3 of the book?

2. At the time the book was written, Dr. Nuland claimed that nearly how many Americans would die every day of ischemia?

3. Horace Giddens is a character in a play written by whom?

4. How many of the most common disease categories does the author intend to focus on, according to the Introduction?

5. According to the author in the Introduction, “Everyone wants to know the details of dying, though few are willing to” what?

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