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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first physician to correctly diagnose myocardial infarction?
(a) Lillian Hellman.
(b) Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D.
(c) Dmitri Ivanovsky.
(d) Adam Hammer, M.D.

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 4 of the book?
(a) "The Malevolence of Cancer."
(b) “Alzheimer’s Disease.”
(c) “Lessons Learned.”
(d) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”

4. The human embryonic heart begins beating at around how many days after conception?
(a) 21.
(b) 90.
(c) 7.
(d) 150.

5. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) “A Strangled Heart.”
(b) "Accidents, Suicide, and Euthanasia."
(c) "The Malevolence of Cancer."
(d) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Alzheimer’s disease properly identified?

2. Where was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered from complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?

3. What was the name of the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked when James McCarty was admitted?

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

5. Horace Giddens is a character in a play written by whom?

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