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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the motto of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services?
(a) “Looking after the sick and injured.”
(b) “Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America.”
(c) “Liberty, Health, and Freedom.”
(d) “Looking after America’s Health.”

2. Robert DeMatteis’s determination to not lose what made him stand out in Dr. Nuland’s mind?
(a) His sense of humor.
(b) The best part of himself.
(c) His positive outlook.
(d) His greatest talent.

3. William Osler was one of the "Big Four" founding professors at what institution?
(a) Johns Hopkins Hospital.
(b) St. Mark's Hospital.
(c) The Yale-New Haven Hospital.
(d) St. Joseph's Hospital.

4. 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?
(a) The seven doors to the afterlife.
(b) The Grim Reaper’s seven sons.
(c) The seven knives of doom.
(d) The seven horsemen of death.

5. AIDS was first recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in what year?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1986.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first identified and named Alzheimer’s disease?

2. Where was William Osler born?

3. What is the title of Chapter 1?

4. According to the author in Chapter 8, what percentage of the National Institutes of Health approximately $9 billion budget goes to the study of HIV?

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

(see the answer key)

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