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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Katie Mason when she died?
(a) 4.
(b) 9.
(c) 17.
(d) 12.

2. What was the profession of James McCarty?
(a) A construction executive.
(b) A real estate agent.
(c) An auto mechanic.
(d) A plumber.

3. According to the author in Chapter 6, lack of oxygen to any major organ can induce what?
(a) Obtundation.
(b) Shock.
(c) Cellular aging.
(d) Dementia.

4. Horace Giddens is a character in a play written by whom?
(a) Lillian Hellman.
(b) William Caxton.
(c) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(d) Phil Whiting.

5. What does Dr. Nuland discuss that is also called also called coronary artery or coronary heart disease in Chapter 1?
(a) Ischemic heart disease.
(b) Alzheimer’s disease.
(c) Corollary heart disease.
(d) Hodgkinson’s disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 1, James McCarty was the picture of what when he was admitted to the university hospital?

2. Dr. Nuland was in what year of his medical studies when he encountered James McCarty?

3. What word in Chapter 7 refers to a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from being unable to breathe normally?

4. What is the title of Chapter 7?

5. What is Chapter 9’s title in the book?

(see the answer key)

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