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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what name does the author refer to his grandmother?
(a) “Mamaw.”
(b) “Bubbeh.”
(c) “Granny.”
(d) “Nana.”

2. When did the first correctly diagnosed myocardial infarction occur?
(a) 1878.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1935.

3. Irv Lipsiner is described as an athlete and what in Chapter 1?
(a) Fireman.
(b) Salesman.
(c) Stockbroker.
(d) Lawyer.

4. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, heart muscle and brain cells are unable to do what?
(a) Fight disease.
(b) Reproduce.
(c) Become infected.
(d) Die.

5. What refers to the process by which the ability to grow new cells or perform exchanges in muscle, cells, or molecules becomes impossible?
(a) Metastasis.
(b) Cellular aging.
(c) Hypertension.
(d) Exsanguination.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?

2. What Latin term does the author use to describe the “art of dying” in the Introduction?

3. How old was the woman that the author described having operated on for early-stage breast cancer in the Introduction?

4. The electric energy that stimulates the heart occurs where?

5. Dr. Nuland states that in another era, death was determined by the lack of a heartbeat. Today, however, death is equated with what?

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