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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother eventually die from?
(a) Dementia.
(b) Asphyxia.
(c) A stroke.
(d) Myocardial infarction.

4. At what age had Irv Lipsiner suffered a small heart attack, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) 64.
(b) 39.
(c) 78.
(d) 47.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The upper chambers of the human heart are referred to by what name?

2. How old was the woman that the author described having operated on for early-stage breast cancer in the Introduction?

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

4. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, the molecules in a living organism are what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Nuland say regarding the bureaucracy of death in Chapter 3?

2. What does Dr. Nuland suggest as the cause for the sense of peace that describes certain individuals who die through severe trauma in Chapter 6?

3. How does the author explain man’s need for oxygen in Chapter 6?

4. What medical advances does the author cite in the study of myocardial infarction in Chapter 2?

5. What is a pathophysiologist? How does this relate to etymology, according to the author in Chapter 5?

6. How do the brain and heart change as a person ages, according to the author in Chapter 3?

7. What does the author say in relation to the expectation of growing old in Chapter 4?

8. What differences does the author cite between the young and the old in dealing with the seven causes of death in Chapter 4?

9. How does the author describe the progression of Alzheimer’s in Chapter 5?

10. What are the processes universal to dying described by the author in his Introduction?

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