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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked when James McCarty was admitted?
(a) St. Joseph’s Hospital.
(b) The Shriner's Hospital.
(c) St. Paul's Hospital.
(d) The Yale-New Haven Hospital.

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

3. 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.

4. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, the molecules in a living organism are what?
(a) Subject to mutation.
(b) Infinite.
(c) Finite.
(d) Not subject to mutation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first of the four degrees of incoherence discussed in Chapter 5?

2. What is the third of the seven most common causes of death for 85% of the elderly population, as discussed in Chapter 4?

3. What was the profession of James McCarty?

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

5. Where do Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. and his family currently live, according to the Introduction?

(see the answer key)

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