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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Latin term does the author use to describe the “art of dying” in the Introduction?
(a) Manibus date liliaplenis.
(b) Facfortiaetpatere.
(c) Arsmoriendi.
(d) Sub divo.

2. Dr. Nuland was in what year of his medical studies when he encountered James McCarty?
(a) His third year.
(b) His seventh year.
(c) His first year.
(d) His sixth year.

3. Dr. Nuland relates that cardiac events are what, if discovered soon enough in Chapter 1?
(a) “Technically treatable.”
(b) “Officially treatable.”
(c) “Physically treatable.”
(d) “Eminently treatable.”

4. Where was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered from complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) At his office.
(b) A tennis court.
(c) In his home.
(d) A hiking trail.

5. What does the character of Horace Giddens suffer from?
(a) Exsanguination.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Alzheimer’s Disease.
(d) Chronic heart disease.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Horace Giddens is a character in a play written by whom?

3. What does Dr. Nuland discuss that is also called also called coronary artery or coronary heart disease in Chapter 1?

4. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act in the United States, children under what age may not be employed?

5. What refers to systematic study of the unique chemical fingerprints that specific cellular processes leave behind?

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