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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Virology is a sub-specialty of what scientific study?
(a) Epidemiology.
(b) Neurology.
(c) Archeology.
(d) Microbiology.

2. What was the name of Dr. Nuland’s brother?
(a) Harvey Nuland.
(b) Robert Nuland.
(c) Edmond Nuland.
(d) Roger Nuland.

3. Dr. Nuland theorizes that 85% of the aging population will die from one of seven primary causes, which he refers to as what in Chapter 4?
(a) The seven knives of doom.
(b) The seven horsemen of death.
(c) The seven doors to the afterlife.
(d) The Grim Reaper’s seven sons.

4. In examining the “Near-Death Experience” in Chapter 6, Dr. Nuland presents statistics from the case studies of what psychologist?
(a) Dr. Kenneth Ring.
(b) G.J. Walker Smith, M.D.
(c) William Caxton.
(d) Dmitri Ivanovsky.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is quoted with the following statement in Chapter 6: “Man is an obligate aerobe”?

3. The human embryonic heart begins beating at around how many days after conception?

4. Irv Lipsiner is described as an athlete and what in Chapter 1?

5. What does the character of Horace Giddens suffer from?

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