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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What refers to the process by which the ability to grow new cells or perform exchanges in muscle, cells, or molecules becomes impossible?
(a) Cellular aging.
(b) Metastasis.
(c) Hypertension.
(d) Exsanguination.

3. What refers to a DNA molecule that is separate from and can replicate independently of the chromosomal DNA?
(a) Atria.
(b) Embolus.
(c) Hemoglobin.
(d) Plasmid.

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

5. According to the author in the Introduction, “Everyone wants to know the details of dying, though few are willing to” what?
(a) “Ask the tough questions.”
(b) “Say so.”
(c) “Investigate.”
(d) “Speculate.”

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother emigrate from Europe to the United States?

2. How old was Dr. Nuland’s grandmother when he was born?

3. All but how many names were changed in the stories shared by the author in How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter?

4. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the fatal process of blood loss, to a degree sufficient to cause death?

5. From what author does the following quote come that opens the Introduction: “… death hath ten thousand several doors / For men to make their exits”?

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