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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 Felix Silverstone’s wife found exasperating about being in a nursing home floor while her bones mended?
(a) Felix was no longer around to take care of her.
(b) The staff did not perform all the help she needed.
(c) The nurses did not comb her hair the way she preferred.
(d) The staff were unprofessional.

2. What functions are affected by this first shrinking of the brain?
(a) Language.
(b) Abstract thinking.
(c) Judgment.
(d) Planning.

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 reality of his disease.
(c) The cost of the treatment.
(d) The likelihood the treatment would fail.

4. What does Gawande say Ilych wanted?
(a) To be lionized.
(b) To be celebrated.
(c) To be pitied.
(d) To be remembered.

5. How does Gawande characterize the change over time in blood vessels, joints and the valves of the heart?
(a) Thinning.
(b) Softening.
(c) Weakening.
(d) Stiffening.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Del Webb, who popularized the term “retirement community” build his first development?

2. How much of the population does Gawande say was over 65 in 1790?

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

4. Who wrote The Death of Ivan Ilych?

5. What event does Gawande say sparked a national revolution in elder care?

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