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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 — Things Fall Apart.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the average number of children per family in the mid-1800s, and what was it by 1900?
(a) 9; 2.
(b) 5; 5.
(c) 7; 3.
(d) 6; 4.

2. By what age does Gawande say most people have functional dementia?
(a) 85.
(b) 65.
(c) 70.
(d) 75.

3. How does Gawande characterize the “newest view” about why we age (32)?
(a) Aging is genetically programmed.
(b) Aging is environmentally determined.
(c) Aging is based on economic class.
(d) Aging is a sum of wear and tear.

4. What does Gawande say he and his fellow doctors never touched on, in talking about Lazaroff’s condition with him?
(a) The likelihood the treatment would fail.
(b) The side effects to chemotherapy.
(c) The cost of the treatment.
(d) The reality of his disease.

5. What does Gawande say Montaigne said about dying of old age?
(a) It is the kindest form of dying.
(b) It is the most natural form of dying.
(c) It is the cruelest form of dying.
(d) It is the extremest form of dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gawande say we do not have “the kind of old age” our grandfathers had (20)?

2. What does Gawande say Ilych wanted?

3. What does Ivan Ilych die of?

4. How does Gawande characterize the corpse he was given to work with, his first semester of medical school?

5. How old was Alice Hobson when she was widowed?

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