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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 horsemen of death.
(b) The seven knives of doom.
(c) The Grim Reaper’s seven sons.
(d) The seven doors to the afterlife.

2. What does TIA stand for?
(a) Total ischemic attack.
(b) Transient ischemic attack.
(c) Tubercular incendiary attack.
(d) Transient irregular achievement.

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

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

5. 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) Long term memory.
(c) Eyesight.
(d) Critical thinking ability.

6. According to the author in the Introduction, “Everyone wants to know the details of dying, though few are willing to” what?
(a) “Investigate.”
(b) “Speculate.”
(c) “Say so.”
(d) “Ask the tough questions.”

7. In what year was Alzheimer’s disease properly identified?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1923.

8. Irv Lipsiner is described as an athlete and what in Chapter 1?
(a) Stockbroker.
(b) Salesman.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Fireman.

9. 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?
(a) Metastasis.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Aphasia.
(d) Obtundation.

10. What is the motto of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services?
(a) “Liberty, Health, and Freedom.”
(b) “Looking after the sick and injured.”
(c) “Looking after America’s Health.”
(d) “Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America.”

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

12. Where was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered from complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) A tennis court.
(b) In his home.
(c) A hiking trail.
(d) At his office.

13. 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) Charles Kingsley.
(c) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(d) Hippocrates.

14. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) "The Malevolence of Cancer."
(b) “Alzheimer’s Disease.”
(c) "Accidents, Suicide, and Euthanasia."
(d) “A Valentine—and How it Fails.”

15. What term from Chapter 6 refers to something pertaining to or symptomatic of agony, especially paroxysmal distress, as the death throes?
(a) Finite.
(b) Myocardial infarction.
(c) Agonal.
(d) Pandemic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to systematic study of the unique chemical fingerprints that specific cellular processes leave behind?

2. What is the title of Chapter 1?

3. What does the character of Horace Giddens suffer from?

4. What term, commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die?

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

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