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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was James McCarty when he was admitted to the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked?
(a) 43.
(b) 18.
(c) 35.
(d) 52.

2. How old was Katie Mason when she died?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 17.

3. By what name does the author refer to his grandmother?
(a) “Granny.”
(b) “Nana.”
(c) “Bubbeh.”
(d) “Mamaw.”

4. What director of the autopsy service of the Yale-New Haven Hospital does Dr. Nuland credit for his assistance in Chapter 4?
(a) John Webster.
(b) G.J. Walker Smith, M.D.
(c) James Cowles Prichard.
(d) John Seidman.

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?
(a) Atria.
(b) Endorphins.
(c) Metabolomics.
(d) Ventricles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Nuland theorizes that 85% of the aging population will die from one of seven primary causes, which he refers to as what in Chapter 4?

2. What did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother eventually die from?

3. A person’s heart rate does what annually as they age, according to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3?

4. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of humans?

5. William Osler was one of the "Big Four" founding professors at what institution?

(see the answer key)

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