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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the first 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) Hypertension.
(c) Transient ischemic attack.
(d) Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia.

3. What is the third of the seven most common causes of death for 85% of the elderly population, as discussed in Chapter 4?
(a) Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia.
(b) Hypertention.
(c) Transient ischemic attack.
(d) Decreased resistance to infection.

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

5. 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) At his office.
(d) A hiking trail.

Short Answer 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”?

2. What fifteenth century printer is quoted in the Introduction as having described the art of dying as “the craft for to deye for the helthe of mannessowle”?

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

4. How many of the most common disease categories does the author intend to focus on, according to the Introduction?

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

(see the answer key)

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