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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of humans?
(a) Plasmid.
(b) Endorphins.
(c) Ventricles.
(d) Hemoglobin.

2. 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) Harvard University.
(c) Yale College.
(d) Stanford University.

3. According to the author in Chapter 10, contemporary medicine is responsible for the five-year remission rate of childhood leukemia now being nearly what percent?
(a) 60%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 45%.

4. What does PCOD stand for in the text?
(a) Primary cause of death.
(b) Primary cause of distress.
(c) Primary cause of disease.
(d) Primary cause of dementia.

5. How many of the most common disease categories does the author intend to focus on, according to the Introduction?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. All but how many names were changed in the stories shared by the author in How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter?

2. What profession did Robert DeMatteis have?

3. What refers to a disease outbreak, which presents over a large area and is actively spreading?

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 8, what percentage of the National Institutes of Health approximately $9 billion budget goes to the study of HIV?

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