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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the author when his mother died of cancer?
(a) 19.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 11.

2. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) "Accidents, Suicide, and Euthanasia."
(b) “The Life of a Virus and the Death of a Man.”
(c) “A Strangled Heart.”
(d) “Three Score and Ten.”

3. What is the motto of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services?
(a) “Looking after the sick and injured.”
(b) “Liberty, Health, and Freedom.”
(c) “Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America.”
(d) “Looking after America’s Health.”

4. 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) Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia.
(d) Transient ischemic attack.

5. At what age had Irv Lipsiner suffered a small heart attack, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) 78.
(b) 47.
(c) 64.
(d) 39.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chapter 9’s title in the book?

2. How old was Robert DeMatteis, as described in Chapter 11?

3. How old was Katie Mason when she died?

4. What is the title of Chapter 6?

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

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