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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Dr. Nuland’s grandmother when he was born?
(a) 56.
(b) 78.
(c) 61.
(d) 68.

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

3. 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) Metastasis.
(c) Cellular aging.
(d) Hypertension.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time the book was written, Dr. Nuland claimed that nearly how many Americans would die every day of ischemia?

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

3. The author claims in the Introduction that “[t]he good death has become” what?

4. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, heart muscle and brain cells are unable to do what?

5. Horace Giddens is a character in a play written by whom?

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