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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what author does the following quote come that opens the Introduction: “… death hath ten thousand several doors / For men to make their exits”?
(a) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(b) John Webster.
(c) Phil Whiting.
(d) Harvey Nuland.

2. What does Dr. Nuland discuss that is also called also called coronary artery or coronary heart disease in Chapter 1?
(a) Hodgkinson’s disease.
(b) Alzheimer’s disease.
(c) Ischemic heart disease.
(d) Corollary heart disease.

3. Dr. Nuland compares the metabolic changes of aging to what in Chapter 3?
(a) A decaying piece of fruit.
(b) A computer becoming obsolete.
(c) A truck rusting in the field.
(d) The parts-replacement capability in a machine.

4. A person’s heart rate does what annually as they age, according to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3?
(a) Begins to stagger.
(b) Increases.
(c) Decreases.
(d) Remains stagnant.

5. According to the Introduction author Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. is the literary editor of what periodical?
(a) Connecticut Medicine.
(b) The New York Medical Review.
(c) The East Coast Journal of Medicine.
(d) The Journal of Atlantic Medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the Introduction, “Everyone wants to know the details of dying, though few are willing to” what?

2. Horace Giddens is a character in what play?

3. Into how many main chambers is the human heart divided?

4. When did the first correctly diagnosed myocardial infarction occur?

5. At what age did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother emigrate from Europe to the United States?

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