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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The lower chambers of the human heart are referred to by what name?
(a) Plasmid.
(b) Embolus.
(c) Atria.
(d) Ventricles.

2. What is the title of Chapter 2 of the book?
(a) “Murder and Serenity.”
(b) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”
(c) “The Life of a Virus and the Death of a Man.”
(d) “A Valentine—and How it Fails.”

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

4. How many of the most common disease categories does the author intend to focus on, according to the Introduction?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

5. What is the title of Chapter 3 of the book?
(a) “Three Score and Ten.”
(b) “A Strangled Heart.”
(c) “Lessons Learned.”
(d) “Murder and Serenity.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Irv Lipsiner is described as an athlete and what in Chapter 1?

3. According to the Introduction author Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. is the literary editor of what periodical?

4. The human heart is enclosed in a double-walled protective sac called what?

5. According to the author in the Introduction, “Everyone wants to know the details of dying, though few are willing to” what?

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