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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the fatal process of blood loss, to a degree sufficient to cause death?
(a) Dementia.
(b) Metastasis.
(c) Exsanguination.
(d) Asphyxia.

2. What is the title of Chapter 10?
(a) "The Malevolence of Cancer."
(b) “Lessons Learned.”
(c) "Accidents, Suicide, and Euthanasia."
(d) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”

3. Who is quoted with the following statement in Chapter 6: “Man is an obligate aerobe”?
(a) Plato.
(b) Hippocrates.
(c) Herodotus.
(d) Aristotle.

4. According to the author in Chapter 6, lack of oxygen to any major organ can induce what?
(a) Shock.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Cellular aging.
(d) Obtundation.

5. The protagonist of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby falls into a river after encountering what upper-class girl?
(a) Ellie.
(b) Nicole.
(c) Mary.
(d) Susan.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does the author refer to his grandmother?

2. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, the molecules in a living organism are what?

3. What word from Chapter 10 refers to any abnormal new growth of tissue, or tumor?

4. What word from Chapter 10 refers to the transference of malignant or cancerous cells to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces?

5. What refers to neurotransmitters that are produced by the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus in vertebrates during exercise, excitement, pain, consumption of spicy food, love and orgasm?

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