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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The human heart is enclosed in a double-walled protective sac called what?
(a) The neoplasm.
(b) The pericardium.
(c) The aphasia.
(d) The septum.

2. What was the name of the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked when James McCarty was admitted?
(a) St. Joseph’s Hospital.
(b) St. Paul's Hospital.
(c) The Shriner's Hospital.
(d) The Yale-New Haven Hospital.

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

4. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, the molecules in a living organism are what?
(a) Subject to mutation.
(b) Finite.
(c) Infinite.
(d) Not subject to mutation.

5. What is the title of Chapter 3 of the book?
(a) “Lessons Learned.”
(b) “Murder and Serenity.”
(c) “Three Score and Ten.”
(d) “A Strangled Heart.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Horace Giddens is described by Dr. Nuland as what in Chapter 2?

2. Dr. Nuland compares the metabolic changes of aging to what in Chapter 3?

3. According to the author in the Introduction, “Everyone wants to know the details of dying, though few are willing to” what?

4. How old was the woman that the author described having operated on for early-stage breast cancer in the Introduction?

5. When were electrocardiograms invented?

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