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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. At what age was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) 49.
(b) 41.
(c) 92.
(d) 58.

2. When were electrocardiograms invented?
(a) 1842.
(b) 1877.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1920.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Alzheimer’s disease properly identified?

2. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the fatal process of blood loss, to a degree sufficient to cause death?

3. According to the author in Chapter 6, lack of oxygen to any major organ can induce what?

4. What term from Chapter 6 refers to something pertaining to or symptomatic of agony, especially paroxysmal distress, as the death throes?

5. How old was James McCarty when he was admitted to the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked?

Short Essay Questions

1. What seven primary causes of death does the author cite for elderly patients in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

5. When did the author encounter James McCarty? How is McCarty depicted in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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

10. How has the determination of death changed over time, according to the author in Chapter 2? What are Dr. Nuland’s conclusions of the determination of death?

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