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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What refers to a DNA molecule that is separate from and can replicate independently of the chromosomal DNA?
(a) Atria.
(b) Embolus.
(c) Hemoglobin.
(d) Plasmid.

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

4. Where was William Osler born?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Canada.
(d) Denmark.

5. What is the third of the three main stages of HIV?
(a) Acute infection.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Myocardial infarction.
(d) Clinical Latency.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first of the three main stages of HIV?

2. When were electrocardiograms invented?

3. All but how many names were changed in the stories shared by the author in How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter?

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 word from Chapter 8 refers to a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation?

(see the answer key)

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