How We Die, Reflections on Life's Final Chapter Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Sherwin B. Nuland
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 130 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

How We Die, Reflections on Life's Final Chapter Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Sherwin B. Nuland
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 130 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. James McCarty was admitted to the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked after experiencing what?

2. What refers to a thick wall of muscle separating the right side and the left side of the heart?

3. How old was Katie Mason when she died?

4. What is the first of the four degrees of incoherence discussed in Chapter 5?

5. The human embryonic heart begins beating at around how many days after conception?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Horace Giddens and how is he described by the author?

2. How are heart problems and heart disease diagnosed and predicted, according to the author in Chapter 2?

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. What information does the author relate of stroke fatalities in Chapter 4? Whose assistance does he cite in this chapter?

5. How has the determination of death changed over time, according to the author in Chapter 2? What are Dr. Nuland’s conclusions of the determination of death?

6. How does the author describe the degeneration of his grandmother in Chapter 3?

7. How does the author go about explaining the heart’s functions in Chapter 2?

8. What happened when Dr. Nuland was doing Mr. McCarty’s paperwork, according to the author in Chapter 1?

9. What differences does the author cite between the young and the old in dealing with the seven causes of death in Chapter 4?

10. What does the author say in relation to the expectation of growing old in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the characteristics of James McCarty in Chapter 1. What evidence described by the author indicates that McCarty was prone to heart problems? How did Dr. Nuland respond when McCarty had a heart attack? What medical procedure was performed?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of endorphins and their role in easing death for trauma patients as well as “near-death experiences.” Why does the author state that the theory of endorphin release after trauma has insufficient evidence for proof? How is the theory illustrated in the case study of Katie Mason?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the seven primary causes of death among the elderly, as presented in Chapter 4. Which of these causes is number one? Have the statistics for these causes changed since the publication of the book? According to the author, these seven causes will kill what percentage of the elderly population?

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