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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered from complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) A tennis court.
(b) In his home.
(c) A hiking trail.
(d) At his office.

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

4. Where does author Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. teach surgery and the history of medicine, according to the book’s Introduction?
(a) Yale College.
(b) Oxford University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Stanford University.

5. How old was the woman that the author described having operated on for early-stage breast cancer in the Introduction?
(a) 35.
(b) 29.
(c) 56.
(d) 43.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poet is quoted by the author in the Introduction with the line, “Oh Lord, give each of us his own death”?

2. What is the title of Chapter 1?

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

4. Irv Lipsiner is described as an athlete and what in Chapter 1?

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

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