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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.”

2. How old was James McCarty when he was admitted to the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked?
(a) 18.
(b) 52.
(c) 43.
(d) 35.

3. What was the name of the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked when James McCarty was admitted?
(a) St. Joseph’s Hospital.
(b) St. Paul's Hospital.
(c) The Yale-New Haven Hospital.
(d) The Shriner's Hospital.

4. Where do Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. and his family currently live, according to the Introduction?
(a) Utica, New York.
(b) Augusta, Maine.
(c) Hamden, Connecticut.
(d) Providence, Rhode Island.

5. What poet is quoted by the author in the Introduction with the line, “Oh Lord, give each of us his own death”?
(a) Charles Kingsley.
(b) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(c) Hippocrates.
(d) Dr. Kenneth Ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 1?

2. Where does author Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. teach surgery and the history of medicine, according to the book’s Introduction?

3. At the time the book was written, Dr. Nuland claimed that nearly how many Americans would die every day of ischemia?

4. According to the Introduction author Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. is the literary editor of what periodical?

5. How old was the author when his mother died of cancer?

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