View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Virology is a sub-specialty of what scientific study?
(a) Neurology.
(b) Epidemiology.
(c) Microbiology.
(d) Archeology.

2. The author writes in the Epilogue, “A family grasps at a straw that comes in the form of” what?
(a) “An urban legend.”
(b) “A bible verse.”
(c) “A newspaper article.”
(d) “A statistic.”

3. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act in the United States, children under what age may not be employed?
(a) 7.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

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

5. 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?
(a) Tap his feet rapidly.
(b) Scratch his arms intensely.
(c) Convulse and shout.
(d) Sweat and cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Harold Bliss die?

2. What are the most common neurological problems associated with HIV?

3. When was Lewis Thomas born?

4. The electric energy that stimulates the heart occurs where?

5. How many of the most common disease categories does the author intend to focus on, according to the Introduction?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 197 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample