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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Joan interview Teresa Heinz Kerry?
(a) Shortly after her daughter's death.
(b) Shortly after her husband's death.
(c) During the 2004 campaign.
(d) During the 2000 campaign.

2. What Matthew Arnold poem did Joan mention reading in Chapter 4?
(a) The Buried Life.
(b) The Forsaken Merman.
(c) A Dream.
(d) Dover Beach.

3. Where was John's cardiologist when John died?
(a) Nantucket.
(b) Cape Cod.
(c) Martha's Vineyard.
(d) Boston.

4. What day of the week did John die?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Wednesday.

5. How long were the paramedics in Joan's apartment?
(a) 50 minutes.
(b) 70 minutes.
(c) 65 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many widowers were studied in the United Kingdom, according to a report in "The Lancet"?

2. After John's death, which of John's novels did Joan realize was about grief?

3. Who wrote "A Grief Observed"?

4. Who wrote "Mourning and Its Relation to Manic-Depressive States"?

5. What was the date on the computer file that contained the first few lines that Joan wrote after her husband's death?

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