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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother emigrate from Europe to the United States?
(a) 54.
(b) 44.
(c) 20.
(d) 51.

2. What term from Chapter 7 refers to less than full mental capacity in a medical patient?
(a) Cardiogenic shock.
(b) Obtundation.
(c) Dementia.
(d) Exsanguination.

3. How many of the most common disease categories does the author intend to focus on, according to the Introduction?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. Where do Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. and his family currently live, according to the Introduction?
(a) Providence, Rhode Island.
(b) Hamden, Connecticut.
(c) Utica, New York.
(d) Augusta, Maine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author claims in the Epilogue, “We live today in the era not of the art of dying, but of the art of” what?

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, James McCarty was the picture of what when he was admitted to the university hospital?

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

4. The human heart is enclosed in a double-walled protective sac called what?

5. What word from Chapter 5 refers to a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage?

(see the answer key)

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