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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gawande say tormented Ivan Ilych most?
(a) The indifference his family felt.
(b) The impotence of his doctors.
(c) The lie that he was not really dying.
(d) The story that he would just get better.

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

3. How does Gawande characterize his exposure to death and the dying as a child?
(a) He was surrounded by rural poverty and high mortality.
(b) He had almost no exposure.
(c) He had a grandfather living with him and saw his decline in detail.
(d) He had a period when a lot of his friends’ grandparents and relatives were sick or died in a cluster.

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

5. What does Gawande say is the first part of the brain to shrink with aging?
(a) Frontal lobe.
(b) Parietal lobe.
(c) Occipital lobe.
(d) Temporal lobe.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what factor does Gawande say the cost of living in a nursing home exceeds the cost of living in an assisted living facility?

2. What arrangement did Felix have to make when he brought Bella back home from the nursing home?

3. What does Gawande say he and his fellow doctors never touched on, in talking about Lazaroff’s condition with him?

4. How much of the population does Gawande say is over 65 in Germany, Italy and Japan in 2017?

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

(see the answer key)

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