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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. William Osler was one of the "Big Four" founding professors at what institution?
(a) St. Mark's Hospital.
(b) St. Joseph's Hospital.
(c) Johns Hopkins Hospital.
(d) The Yale-New Haven Hospital.

2. Who wrote The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?
(a) James Cowles Prichard.
(b) Charles Kingsley.
(c) Dr. Kennith Ring.
(d) William Caxton.

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

4. The medical etymology of the term cancer can be traced back to the days of whom, according to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 10?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Hippocrates.
(d) Herodotus.

5. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) "The Malevolence of Cancer."
(b) “Alzheimer’s Disease.”
(c) “A Valentine—and How it Fails.”
(d) "Accidents, Suicide, and Euthanasia."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Dr. Nuland relates that cardiac events are what, if discovered soon enough in Chapter 1?

3. At the time the book was written, Dr. Nuland claimed that nearly how many Americans would die every day of ischemia?

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

5. What does Dr. Nuland say influenced the medical decisions he made in his brother's care in Chapter 11?

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