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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. and his family currently live, according to the Introduction?
(a) Providence, Rhode Island.
(b) Hamden, Connecticut.
(c) Augusta, Maine.
(d) Utica, New York.

2. What did Dr. Nuland’s grandmother eventually die from?
(a) Myocardial infarction.
(b) Dementia.
(c) A stroke.
(d) Asphyxia.

3. Who is quoted with the following statement in Chapter 6: “Man is an obligate aerobe”?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Hippocrates.
(d) Herodotus.

4. According to the author in Chapter 10, contemporary medicine is responsible for the five-year remission rate of childhood leukemia now being nearly what percent?
(a) 60%.
(b) 45%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 30%.

5. What was written in Robert DeMatteis’s epitaph, according to the author in Chapter 11?
(a) And it was always said of him that he would give you the shirt off his back.
(b) And it was always said of him that he loved all children.
(c) And it was always said of him that he was the nicest man you could ever meet.
(d) And it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well.

Short Answer Questions

1. While in the midst of doing his admission paperwork, Dr. Nuland observed James McCarty begin to do what, according to the author in Chapter 1?

2. How old was Dr. Nuland’s grandmother when he was born?

3. What is the third of the three main stages of HIV?

4. What profession did Robert DeMatteis have?

5. Virology is a sub-specialty of what scientific study?

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