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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poet is quoted by the author in the Introduction with the line, “Oh Lord, give each of us his own death”?
(a) Dr. Kenneth Ring.
(b) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(c) Charles Kingsley.
(d) Hippocrates.

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

3. How old was the woman that the author described having operated on for early-stage breast cancer in the Introduction?
(a) 29.
(b) 35.
(c) 56.
(d) 43.

4. 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?
(a) Gross motor skills.
(b) Eyesight.
(c) Long term memory.
(d) Critical thinking ability.

5. How old was Dr. Nuland’s grandmother when he was born?
(a) 78.
(b) 68.
(c) 56.
(d) 61.

6. By what name does the author refer to his grandmother?
(a) “Nana.”
(b) “Granny.”
(c) “Bubbeh.”
(d) “Mamaw.”

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

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

9. At what age was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) 92.
(b) 58.
(c) 49.
(d) 41.

10. Of what does Horace Giddens eventually die in the play discussed in Chapter 2?
(a) Cardiogenic shock.
(b) Hypertension.
(c) Chemotherapy.
(d) Cellular aging.

11. 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) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 1.

12. Who is quoted with the following statement in Chapter 6: “Man is an obligate aerobe”?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Hippocrates.
(c) Plato.
(d) Herodotus.

13. Horace Giddens is described by Dr. Nuland as what in Chapter 2?
(a) “The Everyman.”
(b) “The Wonderman.”
(c) “The Onlyman.”
(d) “The Superman.”

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

15. From what author does the following quote come that opens the Introduction: “… death hath ten thousand several doors / For men to make their exits”?
(a) John Webster.
(b) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(c) Phil Whiting.
(d) Harvey Nuland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the most common disease categories does the author intend to focus on, according to the Introduction?

2. What is the title of Chapter 6?

3. Where does author Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. teach surgery and the history of medicine, according to the book’s Introduction?

4. When did the first correctly diagnosed myocardial infarction occur?

5. According to the author in Chapter 6, lack of oxygen to any major organ can induce what?

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