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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Introduction author Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. is the literary editor of what periodical?
(a) The New York Medical Review.
(b) Connecticut Medicine.
(c) The Journal of Atlantic Medicine.
(d) The East Coast Journal of Medicine.

2. Who was the first physician to correctly diagnose myocardial infarction?
(a) Dmitri Ivanovsky.
(b) Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D.
(c) Lillian Hellman.
(d) Adam Hammer, M.D.

3. By what name does the author refer to his grandmother?
(a) “Mamaw.”
(b) “Bubbeh.”
(c) “Granny.”
(d) “Nana.”

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Horace Giddens is a character in a play written by whom?

2. How many of the most common disease categories does the author intend to focus on, according to the Introduction?

3. Into how many main chambers is the human heart divided?

4. How old was the author when his mother died of cancer?

5. Where do Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. and his family currently live, according to the Introduction?

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