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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first physician to correctly diagnose myocardial infarction?
(a) Dmitri Ivanovsky.
(b) Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D.
(c) Lillian Hellman.
(d) Adam Hammer, M.D.

2. What is Chapter 9’s title in the book?
(a) “Murder and Serenity.”
(b) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”
(c) “A Valentine—and How it Fails.”
(d) “The Life of a Virus and the Death of a Man.”

3. By what name does the author refer to his grandmother?
(a) “Nana.”
(b) “Mamaw.”
(c) “Granny.”
(d) “Bubbeh.”

4. When did symptoms indicate that Ishmael Garcia’s lungs were infected?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1991.

5. When did the first correctly diagnosed myocardial infarction occur?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1878.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1893.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What refers to neurotransmitters that are produced by the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus in vertebrates during exercise, excitement, pain, consumption of spicy food, love and orgasm?

3. Of what does Horace Giddens eventually die in the play discussed in Chapter 2?

4. When was Lewis Thomas born?

5. What does Dr. Nuland discuss that is also called also called coronary artery or coronary heart disease in Chapter 1?

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