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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Horace Giddens is a character in a play written by whom?
(a) Lillian Hellman.
(b) William Caxton.
(c) Phil Whiting.
(d) Rainer Maria Rilke.

2. Who first identified and named Alzheimer’s disease?
(a) Suzanne Alzheimer.
(b) Laura Alzheimer.
(c) Alois Alzheimer.
(d) Rebecca Alzheimer.

3. Who wrote The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?
(a) Charles Kingsley.
(b) William Caxton.
(c) James Cowles Prichard.
(d) Dr. Kennith Ring.

4. What term, commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die?
(a) Aphasia.
(b) Transient ischemic attack.
(c) Metastasis.
(d) Myocardial infarction.

5. What word from Chapter 8 refers to a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation?
(a) Stigma.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Atria.
(d) Aphasia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the protagonist of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?

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

3. Who discovered and studied the tobacco mosaic virus in 1892?

4. At what age was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?

5. How many years had Dr. Nuland spent in the medical profession when How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter was published?

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