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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. According to the author in the Introduction, “Everyone wants to know the details of dying, though few are willing to” what?
(a) “Ask the tough questions.”
(b) “Investigate.”
(c) “Say so.”
(d) “Speculate.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the process by which the ability to grow new cells or perform exchanges in muscle, cells, or molecules becomes impossible?

2. Where was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered from complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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