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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 — Assistance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to James Vaupel’s research, how much of your parents’ lifespans determines your own?
(a) 7%.
(b) 42%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 3%.

2. What does Gawande say Wilson’s assisted living facilities protected?
(a) Autonomy.
(b) Community.
(c) Privacy.
(d) Public health.

3. What does Gawande say has increased along with our reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying?
(a) The compassion doctors can show.
(b) The sterility family members feel in the face of their loved ones dying.
(c) The cruelty we inflict on people.
(d) The indifference caretakers can feel.

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

5. Why does Gawande say we do not have “the kind of old age” our grandfathers had (20)?
(a) Because we do not want them.
(b) Because we have alienated generations of youth.
(c) Because we cannot afford them.
(d) Because our families have been broken by emigration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Gawande’s father’s profession?

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

3. How does Gawande characterize the new developments in medicine, in talking about the case of Lazaroff?

4. How does Gawande characterize Felix’ feelings when his wife dies?

5. By what factor does Gawande say the cost of living in a nursing home exceeds the cost of living in an assisted living facility?

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