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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother eventually die from?
(a) A stroke.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Myocardial infarction.
(d) Asphyxia.

2. According to the author in the Introduction, “Everyone wants to know the details of dying, though few are willing to” what?
(a) “Speculate.”
(b) “Say so.”
(c) “Investigate.”
(d) “Ask the tough questions.”

3. Where does author Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. teach surgery and the history of medicine, according to the book’s Introduction?
(a) Stanford University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Yale College.
(d) Oxford University.

4. Dr. Nuland relates that cardiac events are what, if discovered soon enough in Chapter 1?
(a) “Technically treatable.”
(b) “Physically treatable.”
(c) “Eminently treatable.”
(d) “Officially treatable.”

5. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) "The Malevolence of Cancer."
(b) "Accidents, Suicide, and Euthanasia."
(c) “A Strangled Heart.”
(d) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Nuland discuss that is also called also called coronary artery or coronary heart disease in Chapter 1?

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

3. The electric energy that stimulates the heart occurs where?

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 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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