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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Harold Bliss die?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1920.

2. What term refers to a type of white blood cell in the vertebrate immune system?
(a) Endorphins.
(b) Bacteriophage.
(c) Ventricles.
(d) Lymphocyte.

3. What was the profession of James McCarty?
(a) An auto mechanic.
(b) A plumber.
(c) A real estate agent.
(d) A construction executive.

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

5. What is the third of the three main stages of HIV?
(a) Acute infection.
(b) Clinical Latency.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Myocardial infarction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 2 of the book?

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 are the most common neurological problems associated with HIV?

4. In what year was Ishmael Garcia discovered to have contracted meningitis and several bacterial infections, according to the author in Chapter 8?

5. How did Katie Mason die, according to the author in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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