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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the number three killer of the elderly, according to the author in Chapter 4?
(a) Acute infection.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Strokes.
(d) Cellular aging.

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

4. According to the author in the Introduction, “Everyone wants to know the details of dying, though few are willing to” what?
(a) “Investigate.”
(b) “Speculate.”
(c) “Say so.”
(d) “Ask the tough questions.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time?

2. What is the motto of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services?

3. According to the Introduction author Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. is the literary editor of what periodical?

4. What poet is quoted by the author in the Introduction with the line, “Oh Lord, give each of us his own death”?

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

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