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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked when James McCarty was admitted?

2. What director of the autopsy service of the Yale-New Haven Hospital does Dr. Nuland credit for his assistance in Chapter 4?

3. While in the midst of doing his admission paperwork, Dr. Nuland observed James McCarty begin to do what, according to the author in Chapter 1?

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

5. What Latin term does the author use to describe the “art of dying” in the Introduction?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Horace Giddens and how is he described by the author?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What case study does the author use as an example in his discussion of Alzheimer’s in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the symptoms, progression, and prognosis for Alzheimer’s disease. What are the first signs of the disease’s onset? How does the progression eventually lead to the death of the patient? What causes Alzheimer's disease?

Essay Topic 2

Define and discuss ischemic heart disease. What are the symptoms, methods of diagnosis, and prognosis for individuals with ischemic heart disease? How do statistics differ for those treated and untreated for the disease? Who is at greatest risk for this disease?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Janet Whiting’s sequence of reactions to her husband’s diagnosis with Alzheimer’s disease. In what ways did Janet’s responses mimic those of grief? Give examples of how Phil’s wife employed both rationalization and denial as his symptoms presented themselves.

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