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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The medical etymology of the term cancer can be traced back to the days of whom, according to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 10?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Hippocrates.
(d) Herodotus.

2. What was the name of Dr. Nuland’s brother?
(a) Roger Nuland.
(b) Edmond Nuland.
(c) Harvey Nuland.
(d) Robert Nuland.

3. What is the second of the seven most common causes of death for 85% of the elderly population, as discussed in Chapter 4?
(a) Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia.
(b) Transient ischemic attack.
(c) Hypertention.
(d) Decreased resistance to infection.

4. Who was the first physician to correctly diagnose myocardial infarction?
(a) Lillian Hellman.
(b) Adam Hammer, M.D.
(c) Dmitri Ivanovsky.
(d) Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The protagonist of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby falls into a river after encountering what upper-class girl?

3. What word from Chapter 10 refers to any abnormal new growth of tissue, or tumor?

4. What is the title of Chapter 8 in the book?

5. What word from Chapter 4 refers to any detached, traveling intravascular mass carried by circulation which is capable of clogging arterial capillary beds at a site distant from its point of origin?

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