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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the process by which the ability to grow new cells or perform exchanges in muscle, cells, or molecules becomes impossible?
(a) Cellular aging.
(b) Metastasis.
(c) Hypertension.
(d) Exsanguination.

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

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

4. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the fatal process of blood loss, to a degree sufficient to cause death?
(a) Asphyxia.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Metastasis.
(d) Exsanguination.

5. Dr. Nuland compares the metabolic changes of aging to what in Chapter 3?
(a) The parts-replacement capability in a machine.
(b) A decaying piece of fruit.
(c) A computer becoming obsolete.
(d) A truck rusting in the field.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?

3. The protagonist of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby falls into a river after encountering what upper-class girl?

4. What is the title of Chapter 6?

5. When was Percival Pott born?

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