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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother emigrate from Europe to the United States?
(a) 51.
(b) 54.
(c) 20.
(d) 44.

2. Of what does Horace Giddens eventually die in the play discussed in Chapter 2?
(a) Cardiogenic shock.
(b) Hypertension.
(c) Cellular aging.
(d) Chemotherapy.

3. What does the character of Horace Giddens suffer from?
(a) Alzheimer’s Disease.
(b) Exsanguination.
(c) Chronic heart disease.
(d) AIDS.

4. What word does Dr. Nuland use in Chapter 4 to refer to an impairment of language ability?
(a) Embolus.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Obtundation.
(d) Aphasia.

5. What refers to a thick wall of muscle separating the right side and the left side of the heart?
(a) The neoplasm.
(b) The stigma.
(c) The septum.
(d) The embolus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the most common disease categories does the author intend to focus on, according to the Introduction?

2. How old was Dr. Nuland’s grandmother when he was born?

3. Into how many main chambers is the human heart divided?

4. A person’s heart rate does what annually as they age, according to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3?

5. When were electrocardiograms invented?

(see the answer key)

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