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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. How much of the population does Gawande say was over 65 in 1790?
(a) 4%.
(b) 6%.
(c) 13%.
(d) 2%.

2. What does Gawande say is the biggest difference between how people age today and how they used to age?
(a) They used to be much more independent.
(b) They used to be much more private.
(c) They used to be cared for in multi-generational systems.
(d) They used to die much earlier.

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

4. When were retirement communities popularized in the U.S.?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1980s.

5. Where did Del Webb, who popularized the term “retirement community” build his first development?
(a) California.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Gawande say he started to write about medical issues?

2. What does Gawande say he tried to impress on Lazaroff?

3. What does Gawande say modernization replaced the veneration of family with?

4. When did Gawande’s father become a U.S. citizen?

5. What functions are affected by this first shrinking of the brain?

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