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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the city in which Gawande set out to dispose of his father’s ashes?
(a) Patna.
(b) Varanasi.
(c) Jaipur.
(d) New Delhi.

2. What was the event that triggered a readjustment in Felix Silverstone’s life?
(a) He had a heart attack.
(b) He was diagnosed with cancer.
(c) His wife’s eardrum burst.
(d) His wife lost her vision.

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

4. When did Bill Thomas take over as director of the Chase Memorial Nursing Home?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1972.

5. How often does Gawande say he thought about elderly patients before the issue of geriatrics became an interest for him?
(a) He never thought about them.
(b) He was always passingly interested in geriatrics.
(c) He had watched his father practice in geriatrics.
(d) He had done his residency in a geriatrics unit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gawande say he felt about the dead people who showed up in his dreams?

2. What was the alternative Lazaroff was offered beside surgery?

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

4. How does Gawande say he answered when his patient’s family asked if his patient was dying?

5. What is the ars moriendi?

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