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

2. According to the author in Chapter 4, whereas a young person might have been able to fight off or change the course of illness, the elderly are attacked when the body's parts-replacement process is what?
(a) At its limit.
(b) In overdrive.
(c) No longer functioning.
(d) At its weakest.

3. According to the author in Chapter 1, James McCarty was the picture of what when he was admitted to the university hospital?
(a) A middle-aged working man.
(b) A decrepit old man.
(c) A toned athlete.
(d) An overweight workaholic.

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

5. How old was James McCarty when he was admitted to the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked?
(a) 52.
(b) 35.
(c) 43.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Horace Giddens is a character in what play?

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. What fifteenth century printer is quoted in the Introduction as having described the art of dying as “the craft for to deye for the helthe of mannessowle”?

5. Who was the first physician to correctly diagnose myocardial infarction?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author describe the metabolic changes of aging in Chapter 3?

3. What is related of Irv Lipsiner in Chapter 1? What was Lipsiner’s medical history?

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

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

6. What does the author beseech of the reader in his Introduction to How We Die?

7. How does the author go about explaining the heart’s functions in Chapter 2?

8. What medical progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, according to the author in Chapter 5?

9. How does the author describe the degeneration of his grandmother in Chapter 3?

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

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