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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harold Bliss was how old when he died?
(a) 92.
(b) 51.
(c) 68.
(d) 76.

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 2 of the book?
(a) “Murder and Serenity.”
(b) “The Life of a Virus and the Death of a Man.”
(c) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”
(d) “A Valentine—and How it Fails.”

4. The human heart has a mass between how many grams?
(a) 80-120.
(b) 650-750.
(c) 250-350.
(d) 425-500.

5. The human heart is enclosed in a double-walled protective sac called what?
(a) The septum.
(b) The pericardium.
(c) The aphasia.
(d) The neoplasm.

Short Answer Questions

1. The lower chambers of the human heart are referred to by what name?

2. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of humans?

3. How many years had Dr. Nuland spent in the medical profession when How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter was published?

4. Incidents of tuberculosis in AIDS patients are said to be how many times greater than non-AIDS related cases?

5. What term refers to a type of white blood cell in the vertebrate immune system?

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