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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 impotence of his doctors.
(b) The lie that he was not really dying.
(c) The story that he would just get better.
(d) The indifference his family felt.

2. How many of the 100 people Mabel Nassau studied were able to support themselves?
(a) 9.
(b) 65.
(c) 42.
(d) 27.

3. How much of the population does Gawande say is over 65 in Germany, Italy and Japan in 2017?
(a) More than 20%.
(b) More than 24%.
(c) More than 26%.
(d) More than 28%.

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

5. 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 cared for in multi-generational systems.
(c) They used to die much earlier.
(d) They used to be much more private.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Gawande’s grandfather and his wife avoid starving to death as newlyweds?

3. What was Lazaroff’s response to Gawande’s insistence?

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

5. When does Gawande say people started to go to doctors, instead of doctors coming to them?

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