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

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

3. How old was Dr. Nuland’s grandmother when he was born?
(a) 61.
(b) 56.
(c) 68.
(d) 78.

4. Dr. Nuland compares the metabolic changes of aging to what in Chapter 3?
(a) A truck rusting in the field.
(b) A decaying piece of fruit.
(c) A computer becoming obsolete.
(d) The parts-replacement capability in a machine.

5. The human heart is enclosed in a double-walled protective sac called what?
(a) The aphasia.
(b) The septum.
(c) The pericardium.
(d) The neoplasm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. At what age did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother emigrate from Europe to the United States?

5. What did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother eventually die from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does the author relate of stroke fatalities in Chapter 4? Whose assistance does he cite in this chapter?

2. How treatable are cardiac events, according to the author in Chapter 1?

3. What represents progress in cardiac care, according to the author in Chapter 2?

4. What happened when Dr. Nuland was doing Mr. McCarty’s paperwork, according to the author in Chapter 1?

5. How is “legal death” defined by the author in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

9. What statistics does Dr. Nuland provide relating to ischemic heart disease in Chapter 1?

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

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