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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 he and his fellow doctors never touched on, in talking about Lazaroff’s condition with him?
(a) The likelihood the treatment would fail.
(b) The side effects to chemotherapy.
(c) The reality of his disease.
(d) The cost of the treatment.

2. When does Gawande say he started to write about medical issues?
(a) Surgical residency.
(b) During a sabbatical.
(c) In college.
(d) First year of medical school.

3. What does Gawande say he felt about the dead people who showed up in his dreams?
(a) That he had killed them.
(b) That he was responsible for their souls.
(c) That he had betrayed them.
(d) That they had come to kill him.

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

5. When did Mabel Nassau conduct the study of elderly in Greenwich Village, that Gawande cites?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the population does Gawande say was over 65 in 2017?

2. According to James Vaupel’s research, how much of your parents’ lifespans determines your own?

3. What does Gawande say drives youth to seek their own opportunities as opposed to caring for their elders?

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

5. How does Gawande say Philip Roth characterizes old age?

(see the answer key)

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