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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 10 refers to any abnormal new growth of tissue, or tumor?
(a) Pandemic.
(b) Embolus.
(c) Neoplasm.
(d) Aphasia.

2. At what age did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother emigrate from Europe to the United States?
(a) 44.
(b) 20.
(c) 54.
(d) 51.

3. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of humans?
(a) Hemoglobin.
(b) Plasmid.
(c) Ventricles.
(d) Endorphins.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 3 of the book?

2. How old was Katie Mason when she died?

3. How old was Dr. Nuland’s grandmother when he was born?

4. By what name does the author refer to his grandmother?

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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