Being Mortal Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Atul Gawande
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 162 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Being Mortal Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Atul Gawande
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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) 2%.
(c) 6%.
(d) 13%.

2. What is Gawande’s relation to Alice Hobson?
(a) She is his wife’s grandmother.
(b) She is his daughter’s piano teacher.
(c) She is his old piano teacher.
(d) She is his adopted grandmother.

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

4. Which finger does Gawande say has 40% of the hand’s muscles?
(a) The thumb.
(b) The pinky finger.
(c) The middle finger.
(d) The pointer finger.

5. How old was Alice Hobson when she was widowed?
(a) 88.
(b) 41.
(c) 72.
(d) 56.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gawande say is the first part of the brain to shrink with aging?

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

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

4. When does Gawande say he started to experience dead people?

5. What does Ivan Ilych die of?

(see the answer key)

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