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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important word in the book refers to the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best?
(a) Remorse.
(b) Conscience.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Hope.

2. What was the name of the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked when James McCarty was admitted?
(a) St. Joseph’s Hospital.
(b) St. Paul's Hospital.
(c) The Shriner's Hospital.
(d) The Yale-New Haven Hospital.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 5, as the parts of the brain affected by Alzheimer's increase, eventually the awareness of one's surrounding will be lost, as will what?

2. In what year was Ishmael Garcia discovered to have contracted meningitis and several bacterial infections, according to the author in Chapter 8?

3. When was Percival Pott born?

4. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, the molecules in a living organism are what?

5. At what age had Irv Lipsiner suffered a small heart attack, according to the author in Chapter 1?

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