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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the character of Horace Giddens suffer from?
(a) Exsanguination.
(b) Alzheimer’s Disease.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Chronic heart disease.

2. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, the molecules in a living organism are what?
(a) Finite.
(b) Subject to mutation.
(c) Infinite.
(d) Not subject to mutation.

3. What was the profession of James McCarty?
(a) A plumber.
(b) A real estate agent.
(c) A construction executive.
(d) An auto mechanic.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what author does the following quote come that opens the Introduction: “… death hath ten thousand several doors / For men to make their exits”?

3. The human heart has a mass between how many grams?

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

5. Who was the first physician to correctly diagnose myocardial infarction?

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