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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 4 refers to any detached, traveling intravascular mass carried by circulation which is capable of clogging arterial capillary beds at a site distant from its point of origin?
(a) Agonal.
(b) Embolus.
(c) Plasmid.
(d) Atria.

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

3. What was the name of the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked when James McCarty was admitted?
(a) The Yale-New Haven Hospital.
(b) St. Joseph’s Hospital.
(c) The Shriner's Hospital.
(d) St. Paul's Hospital.

4. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) "Accidents, Suicide, and Euthanasia."
(b) "The Malevolence of Cancer."
(c) “A Strangled Heart.”
(d) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”

5. In what year did Harold Bliss die?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1933.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. William Osler was one of the "Big Four" founding professors at what institution?

3. James McCarty was admitted to the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked after experiencing what?

4. At what age had Irv Lipsiner suffered a small heart attack, according to the author in Chapter 1?

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

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