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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the second 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) Decreased resistance to infection.
(c) Hypertention.
(d) Transient ischemic attack.
2. What does Dr. Nuland discuss that is also called also called coronary artery or coronary heart disease in Chapter 1?
(a) Ischemic heart disease.
(b) Corollary heart disease.
(c) Alzheimer’s disease.
(d) Hodgkinson’s disease.
3. Irv Lipsiner is described as an athlete and what in Chapter 1?
(a) Fireman.
(b) Stockbroker.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Salesman.
4. How old was Katie Mason when she died?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 17.
(d) 12.
5. What autobiography did Lewis Thomas publish?
(a) Doctors: The Illustrated History of Medical Pioneers.
(b) Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital.
(c) The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer.
(d) The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine Watcher.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was Lewis Thomas born?
2. What is the title of Chapter 7?
3. Dr. Nuland compares the metabolic changes of aging to what in Chapter 3?
4. What was the name of the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked when James McCarty was admitted?
5. What director of the autopsy service of the Yale-New Haven Hospital does Dr. Nuland credit for his assistance in Chapter 4?
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