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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What refers to the process by which the ability to grow new cells or perform exchanges in muscle, cells, or molecules becomes impossible?
2. What does TIA stand for?
3. How old was the author when his mother died of cancer?
4. What did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother eventually die from?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Dr. Nuland suggest as the cause for the sense of peace that describes certain individuals who die through severe trauma in Chapter 6?
2. What medical progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, according to the author in Chapter 5?
3. How does the author begin his Introduction? What does he say of the primary avenues leading to death in this section of the book?
4. How does the author describe the degeneration of his grandmother in Chapter 3?
5. What information does the author relate of stroke fatalities in Chapter 4? Whose assistance does he cite in this chapter?
6. What case study does the author cite in discussing death by murder in Chapter 6? How did this individual die?
7. What does the author write of the “mystery” and “myth” of death in the Introduction?
8. What does the author say in relation to the expectation of growing old in Chapter 4?
9. How treatable are cardiac events, according to the author in Chapter 1?
10. What case study does the author use as an example in his discussion of Alzheimer’s in Chapter 5?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author’s case study of the woman with breast cancer presented in the Introduction. What are the fears that are illustrated in this example regarding death? What caused the woman the greatest concern about her mother’s passing? How did Dr. Nuland address these fears?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and analyze mortality rates for the elderly in the past century. How has the lifespan of Americans evolved since 1900? What has caused this increase in the American lifespan? How has the extended lifespan of Americans affected the increase in Alzheimer’s disease?
Essay Topic 3
Define and discuss ischemic heart disease. What are the symptoms, methods of diagnosis, and prognosis for individuals with ischemic heart disease? How do statistics differ for those treated and untreated for the disease? Who is at greatest risk for this disease?
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