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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother eventually die from?
(a) Asphyxia.
(b) Myocardial infarction.
(c) Dementia.
(d) A stroke.

2. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) “Murder and Serenity.”
(b) “Three Score and Ten.”
(c) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”
(d) "The Malevolence of Cancer."

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of Chapter 10?

3. What refers to systematic study of the unique chemical fingerprints that specific cellular processes leave behind?

4. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, heart muscle and brain cells are unable to do what?

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

(see the answer key)

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