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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What director of the autopsy service of the Yale-New Haven Hospital does Dr. Nuland credit for his assistance in Chapter 4?
(a) John Webster.
(b) G.J. Walker Smith, M.D.
(c) James Cowles Prichard.
(d) John Seidman.

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 4 of the book?
(a) “Alzheimer’s Disease.”
(b) "The Malevolence of Cancer."
(c) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”
(d) “Lessons Learned.”

4. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 5, as the parts of the brain affected by Alzheimer's increase, eventually the awareness of one's surrounding will be lost, as will what?
(a) Gross motor skills.
(b) Eyesight.
(c) Critical thinking ability.
(d) Long term memory.

5. At the time the book was written, Dr. Nuland claimed that nearly how many Americans would die every day of ischemia?
(a) 820.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 250.
(d) 65.

Short Answer Questions

1. The human heart is enclosed in a double-walled protective sac called what?

2. What does Dr. Nuland say influenced the medical decisions he made in his brother's care in Chapter 11?

3. Robert DeMatteis’s determination to not lose what made him stand out in Dr. Nuland’s mind?

4. The upper chambers of the human heart are referred to by what name?

5. What term refers to a type of white blood cell in the vertebrate immune system?

(see the answer key)

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