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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 10?
(a) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”
(b) "The Malevolence of Cancer."
(c) "Accidents, Suicide, and Euthanasia."
(d) “Lessons Learned.”

2. What medical procedure did Dr. Nuland perform on James McCarty, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) A vasectomy.
(b) A thoracotomy.
(c) A menisectomy.
(d) A lobotomy.

3. When was Lewis Thomas born?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1927.

4. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”
(b) “Three Score and Ten.”
(c) “Murder and Serenity.”
(d) "The Malevolence of Cancer."

5. What does PCOD stand for in the text?
(a) Primary cause of death.
(b) Primary cause of disease.
(c) Primary cause of distress.
(d) Primary cause of dementia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were electrocardiograms invented?

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

3. Robert DeMatteis’s determination to not lose what made him stand out in Dr. Nuland’s mind?

4. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the fatal process of blood loss, to a degree sufficient to cause death?

5. From what author does the following quote come that opens the Introduction: “… death hath ten thousand several doors / For men to make their exits”?

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