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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The word “virus” derives from the Latin “virus,” which means what?
(a) Poison.
(b) Killer.
(c) Infection.
(d) Ailment.

3. Who is the protagonist of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?
(a) Jack.
(b) Rob.
(c) Mark.
(d) Tom.

4. Who discovered and studied the tobacco mosaic virus in 1892?
(a) William Caxton.
(b) Dmitri Ivanovsky.
(c) Lillian Hellman.
(d) John Webster.

5. How many children did Ishmael Garcia have?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Horace Giddens is described by Dr. Nuland as what in Chapter 2?

3. In what year did Harold Bliss die?

4. What does PCOD stand for in the text?

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

(see the answer key)

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