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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A person’s heart rate does what annually as they age, according to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3?
(a) Begins to stagger.
(b) Decreases.
(c) Remains stagnant.
(d) Increases.

2. When was The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby published?
(a) 1883.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1863.
(d) 1824.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 6?

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

5. What is the protagonist’s profession in The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?

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