2. Who wrote Researches into the Physical History of Mankind?
(a) James Cowles Prichard.
(b) Charles Kingsley.
(c) Harvey Nuland.
(d) Phil Whiting.

3. 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) Tap his feet rapidly.
(b) Sweat and cry.
(c) Convulse and shout.
(d) Scratch his arms intensely.

4. At the time the book was written, Dr. Nuland claimed that nearly how many Americans would die every day of ischemia?
(a) 250.
(b) 65.
(c) 820.
(d) 1,500.

5. According to the author in Chapter 6, lack of oxygen to any major organ can induce what?
(a) Shock.
(b) Cellular aging.
(c) Dementia.
(d) Obtundation.

6. What is the title of Chapter 3 of the book?
(a) “A Strangled Heart.”
(b) “Lessons Learned.”
(c) “Murder and Serenity.”
(d) “Three Score and Ten.”

7. When did the first correctly diagnosed myocardial infarction occur?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1878.
(d) 1912.

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

9. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) "The Malevolence of Cancer."
(b) “Murder and Serenity.”
(c) “Three Score and Ten.”
(d) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”

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

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

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

13. What refers to a thick wall of muscle separating the right side and the left side of the heart?
(a) The embolus.
(b) The stigma.
(c) The neoplasm.
(d) The septum.

14. How did Katie Mason die, according to the author in Chapter 6?
(a) She was murdered.
(b) She had cancer.
(c) She had AIDS.
(d) She had an aneurysm.

15. How many of the most common disease categories does the author intend to focus on, according to the Introduction?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used in Chapter 4 refers to a serious loss of global cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging?

2. When was Researches into the Physical History of Man published?

3. What is described by the author in Chapter 5 as a physician who will investigate a disease by evaluating its origins and symptoms?

4. The author claims in the Introduction that “[t]he good death has become” what?

5. How old was Dr. Nuland’s grandmother when he was born?

(see the answer keys)

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