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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The medical etymology of the term cancer can be traced back to the days of whom, according to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 10?
(a) Hippocrates.
(b) Herodotus.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aristotle.

2. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, the molecules in a living organism are what?
(a) Subject to mutation.
(b) Not subject to mutation.
(c) Finite.
(d) Infinite.

3. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, heart muscle and brain cells are unable to do what?
(a) Fight disease.
(b) Become infected.
(c) Reproduce.
(d) Die.

4. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act in the United States, children under what age may not be employed?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what age did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother emigrate from Europe to the United States?

3. 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?

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

5. Dr. Nuland compares the metabolic changes of aging to what in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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