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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. Nuland compares the metabolic changes of aging to what in Chapter 3?
(a) A computer becoming obsolete.
(b) A decaying piece of fruit.
(c) A truck rusting in the field.
(d) The parts-replacement capability in a machine.

2. What is the motto of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services?
(a) “Liberty, Health, and Freedom.”
(b) “Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America.”
(c) “Looking after America’s Health.”
(d) “Looking after the sick and injured.”

3. What word in Chapter 7 refers to a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from being unable to breathe normally?
(a) Dementia.
(b) Asphyxia.
(c) Obtundation.
(d) Pandemic.

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

5. All but how many names were changed in the stories shared by the author in How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does TIA stand for?

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

3. According to the author in Chapter 10, contemporary medicine is responsible for the five-year remission rate of childhood leukemia now being nearly what percent?

4. What profession did Robert DeMatteis have?

5. What is the title of Chapter 2 of the book?

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