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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Latin term does the author use to describe the “art of dying” in the Introduction?
(a) Arsmoriendi.
(b) Facfortiaetpatere.
(c) Manibus date liliaplenis.
(d) Sub divo.

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

3. At what age was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) 41.
(b) 92.
(c) 49.
(d) 58.

4. How old was the woman that the author described having operated on for early-stage breast cancer in the Introduction?
(a) 35.
(b) 56.
(c) 29.
(d) 43.

5. What refers to the process by which the ability to grow new cells or perform exchanges in muscle, cells, or molecules becomes impossible?
(a) Exsanguination.
(b) Hypertension.
(c) Cellular aging.
(d) Metastasis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The electric energy that stimulates the heart occurs where?

3. Horace Giddens is a character in what play?

4. How old was James McCarty when he was admitted to the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked?

5. What was the profession of James McCarty?

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