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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first physician to correctly diagnose myocardial infarction?
(a) Adam Hammer, M.D.
(b) Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D.
(c) Dmitri Ivanovsky.
(d) Lillian Hellman.

2. Dr. Nuland theorizes that 85% of the aging population will die from one of seven primary causes, which he refers to as what in Chapter 4?
(a) The seven knives of doom.
(b) The seven horsemen of death.
(c) The seven doors to the afterlife.
(d) The Grim Reaper’s seven sons.

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

4. How old was the author when his mother died of cancer?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 19.
(d) 11.

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

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

7. In examining the “Near-Death Experience” in Chapter 6, Dr. Nuland presents statistics from the case studies of what psychologist?
(a) Dr. Kenneth Ring.
(b) G.J. Walker Smith, M.D.
(c) Dmitri Ivanovsky.
(d) William Caxton.

8. What refers to systematic study of the unique chemical fingerprints that specific cellular processes leave behind?
(a) Pathophysiology.
(b) Chemotherapy.
(c) Metabolomics.
(d) Microbiology.

9. What refers to an often serious and body-altering physical injury, such as the removal of a limb?
(a) Trauma.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Metastasis.
(d) Cardiogenic shock.

10. What is described by the author in Chapter 5 as a physician who will investigate a disease by evaluating its origins and symptoms?
(a) Optometrist.
(b) Neurologist.
(c) Pathophysiologist.
(d) Radiologist.

11. What refers to the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time?
(a) Biology.
(b) Etymology.
(c) Chemotherapy.
(d) Optometry.

12. The human heart has a mass between how many grams?
(a) 250-350.
(b) 425-500.
(c) 80-120.
(d) 650-750.

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

14. While in the midst of doing his admission paperwork, Dr. Nuland observed James McCarty begin to do what, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) Scratch his arms intensely.
(b) Tap his feet rapidly.
(c) Sweat and cry.
(d) Convulse and shout.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. All but how many names were changed in the stories shared by the author in How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter?

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

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

4. Where do Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. and his family currently live, according to the Introduction?

5. What was the name of Dr. Nuland’s brother?

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