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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The human heart has a mass between how many grams?
(a) 425-500.
(b) 250-350.
(c) 650-750.
(d) 80-120.

2. What fifteenth century printer is quoted in the Introduction as having described the art of dying as “the craft for to deye for the helthe of mannessowle”?
(a) Charles Kingsley.
(b) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(c) James Cowles Prichard.
(d) William Caxton.

3. At what age had Irv Lipsiner suffered a small heart attack, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) 64.
(b) 78.
(c) 39.
(d) 47.

4. The electric energy that stimulates the heart occurs where?
(a) The atrioventricular node.
(b) The atria.
(c) The ventricles.
(d) The sinoatrial node.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?

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

3. Dr. Nuland relates that cardiac events are what, if discovered soon enough in Chapter 1?

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

5. How old was Dr. Nuland’s grandmother when he was born?

(see the answer key)

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