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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How tall was Robert DeMatteis?
(a) 6'3".
(b) 6'1".
(c) 5’8”.
(d) 5’4”.

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

3. What is the first of the seven most common causes of death for 85% of the elderly population, as discussed in Chapter 4?
(a) Hypertension.
(b) Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia.
(c) Decreased resistance to infection.
(d) Transient ischemic attack.

4. When was Researches into the Physical History of Man published?
(a) 1864.
(b) 1775.
(c) 1813.
(d) 1913.

5. The author claims in the Epilogue that “good health is a guarantee of” what?
(a) “Body function.”
(b) “Nothing.”
(c) “Long life.”
(d) “Easy life.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The protagonist of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby falls into a river after encountering what upper-class girl?

2. In examining the “Near-Death Experience” in Chapter 6, Dr. Nuland presents statistics from the case studies of what psychologist?

3. What director of the autopsy service of the Yale-New Haven Hospital does Dr. Nuland credit for his assistance in Chapter 4?

4. What word does Dr. Nuland use in Chapter 4 to refer to an impairment of language ability?

5. What refers to an often serious and body-altering physical injury, such as the removal of a limb?

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