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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does author Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. teach surgery and the history of medicine, according to the book’s Introduction?
(a) Oxford University.
(b) Yale College.
(c) Stanford University.
(d) Harvard University.

2. Into how many main chambers is the human heart divided?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

3. 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) John Webster.
(b) Phil Whiting.
(c) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(d) Harvey Nuland.

4. What fifteenth century printer is quoted in the Introduction as having described the art of dying as “the craft for to deye for the helthe of mannessowle”?
(a) James Cowles Prichard.
(b) Charles Kingsley.
(c) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(d) William Caxton.

5. What medical procedure did Dr. Nuland perform on James McCarty, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) A lobotomy.
(b) A thoracotomy.
(c) A menisectomy.
(d) A vasectomy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the motto of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services?

4. What is the title of Chapter 3 of the book?

5. What refers to a thick wall of muscle separating the right side and the left side of the heart?

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