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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Dr. Nuland compares the metabolic changes of aging to what in Chapter 3?
(a) A truck rusting in the field.
(b) A decaying piece of fruit.
(c) A computer becoming obsolete.
(d) The parts-replacement capability in a machine.

3. When was Percival Pott born?
(a) 1653.
(b) 1714.
(c) 1839.
(d) 1776.

4. How did Katie Mason die, according to the author in Chapter 6?
(a) She had AIDS.
(b) She had cancer.
(c) She was murdered.
(d) She had an aneurysm.

5. 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) 45%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 30%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act in the United States, children under what age may not be employed?

2. Who is quoted with the following statement in Chapter 6: “Man is an obligate aerobe”?

3. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of humans?

4. A person’s heart rate does what annually as they age, according to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3?

5. How old was Katie Mason when she died?

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