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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 — The Independent Self.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much of the population does Gawande say was over 65 in 2017?
(a) 14%.
(b) 29%.
(c) 22%.
(d) 31%.

2. What does Gawande say modernization replaced the veneration of family with?
(a) Veneration of the independent self.
(b) Veneration of prosperity.
(c) Veneration of cultural traditions.
(d) Veneration of religious figures.

3. What does Ivan Ilych die of?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Malnourishment.
(c) An unnamed disease.
(d) Cholera.

4. When does Gawande say he started to experience dead people?
(a) As a young child.
(b) In visits to his father’s village.
(c) In medical school.
(d) In college.

5. What was Gawande’s father’s profession?
(a) Executive.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Urologist.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Gawande characterize family expectations, in regard to caring for elders?

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

4. What does Gawande say drives youth to seek their own opportunities as opposed to caring for their elders?

5. How does Gawande characterize his grandfather Sitaram Gawande’s elder years?

(see the answer key)

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