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

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

3. What Latin term does the author use to describe the “art of dying” in the Introduction?
(a) Sub divo.
(b) Manibus date liliaplenis.
(c) Arsmoriendi.
(d) Facfortiaetpatere.

4. What is the title of Chapter 3 of the book?
(a) “Lessons Learned.”
(b) “Murder and Serenity.”
(c) “Three Score and Ten.”
(d) “A Strangled Heart.”

5. The author claims in the Introduction that “[t]he good death has become” what?
(a) “A myth.”
(b) “A treasure.”
(c) “A wish.”
(d) “A lottery.”

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Researches into the Physical History of Man published?

2. Dr. Nuland states that in another era, death was determined by the lack of a heartbeat. Today, however, death is equated with what?

3. What does Dr. Nuland discuss that is also called also called coronary artery or coronary heart disease in Chapter 1?

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

5. How did Katie Mason die, according to the author in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are heart problems and heart disease diagnosed and predicted, according to the author in Chapter 2?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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