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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The lower chambers of the human heart are referred to by what name?
(a) Ventricles.
(b) Embolus.
(c) Plasmid.
(d) Atria.

3. Dr. Nuland states that in another era, death was determined by the lack of a heartbeat. Today, however, death is equated with what?
(a) Lack of blinking.
(b) Lack of breathing.
(c) Loss of body heat.
(d) Loss of brain function.

4. How old was James McCarty when he was admitted to the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked?
(a) 52.
(b) 43.
(c) 18.
(d) 35.

5. What is the title of Chapter 2 of the book?
(a) “Murder and Serenity.”
(b) “The Life of a Virus and the Death of a Man.”
(c) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”
(d) “A Valentine—and How it Fails.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the profession of James McCarty?

2. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, the molecules in a living organism are what?

3. Where does author Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. teach surgery and the history of medicine, according to the book’s Introduction?

4. Where was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered from complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?

5. What does Dr. Nuland discuss that is also called also called coronary artery or coronary heart disease in Chapter 1?

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