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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Janet Whiting’s husband described in Chapter 5?
(a) Harvey Nuland.
(b) John Webster.
(c) Phil Whiting.
(d) Dmitri Ivanovsky.

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

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

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

5. What is the title of Chapter 3 of the book?
(a) “A Strangled Heart.”
(b) “Lessons Learned.”
(c) “Three Score and Ten.”
(d) “Murder and Serenity.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother eventually die from?

2. What word from Chapter 5 refers to a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage?

3. From what author does the following quote come that opens the Introduction: “… death hath ten thousand several doors / For men to make their exits”?

4. Who was the first physician to correctly diagnose myocardial infarction?

5. What word does Dr. Nuland use in Chapter 4 to refer to an impairment of language ability?

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