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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what author does the following quote come that opens the Introduction: “… death hath ten thousand several doors / For men to make their exits”?
(a) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(b) Phil Whiting.
(c) John Webster.
(d) Harvey Nuland.

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, James McCarty was the picture of what when he was admitted to the university hospital?
(a) A decrepit old man.
(b) An overweight workaholic.
(c) A middle-aged working man.
(d) A toned athlete.

3. What word used in Chapter 4 refers to a serious loss of global cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging?
(a) Obtundation.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Aphasia.
(d) Metastasis.

4. At the time the book was written, Dr. Nuland claimed that nearly how many Americans would die every day of ischemia?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 65.
(c) 250.
(d) 820.

5. What does Dr. Nuland discuss that is also called also called coronary artery or coronary heart disease in Chapter 1?
(a) Corollary heart disease.
(b) Alzheimer’s disease.
(c) Ischemic heart disease.
(d) Hodgkinson’s disease.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What word does Dr. Nuland use in Chapter 4 to refer to an impairment of language ability?

4. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, heart muscle and brain cells are unable to do what?

5. What does TIA stand for?

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