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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Ishmael Garcia diagnosed with HIV?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1995.

2. What is the third of the three main stages of HIV?
(a) Clinical Latency.
(b) Myocardial infarction.
(c) Acute infection.
(d) AIDS.

3. What refers to a DNA molecule that is separate from and can replicate independently of the chromosomal DNA?
(a) Embolus.
(b) Plasmid.
(c) Atria.
(d) Hemoglobin.

4. The author states that he is entering what decade in his life in the Epilogue?
(a) The fifth.
(b) The sixth.
(c) The seventh.
(d) The eighth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?

2. What is the number three killer of the elderly, according to the author in Chapter 4?

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

4. What director of the autopsy service of the Yale-New Haven Hospital does Dr. Nuland credit for his assistance in Chapter 4?

5. The word “virus” derives from the Latin “virus,” which means what?

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