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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to a type of white blood cell in the vertebrate immune system?
(a) Lymphocyte.
(b) Endorphins.
(c) Ventricles.
(d) Bacteriophage.

2. Where do Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. and his family currently live, according to the Introduction?
(a) Augusta, Maine.
(b) Hamden, Connecticut.
(c) Providence, Rhode Island.
(d) Utica, New York.

3. What was written in Robert DeMatteis’s epitaph, according to the author in Chapter 11?
(a) And it was always said of him that he was the nicest man you could ever meet.
(b) And it was always said of him that he loved all children.
(c) And it was always said of him that he would give you the shirt off his back.
(d) And it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well.

4. What is the number three killer of the elderly, according to the author in Chapter 4?
(a) Strokes.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Cellular aging.
(d) Acute infection.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What individual does the author describe as having lost several friends, colleagues, and a lover to cancer and AIDS in Chapter 9?

2. According to the author in Chapter 6, lack of oxygen to any major organ can induce what?

3. What is the name of Janet Whiting’s husband described in Chapter 5?

4. According to the author in Chapter 10, contemporary medicine is responsible for the five-year remission rate of childhood leukemia now being nearly what percent?

5. What term from Chapter 6 refers to something pertaining to or symptomatic of agony, especially paroxysmal distress, as the death throes?

(see the answer key)

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