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1. How does Gawande characterize the corpse he was given to work with, his first semester of medical school?

Leathery.

2. Who wrote The Death of Ivan Ilych?

Leo Tolstoy.

3. What does Ivan Ilych die of?

An unnamed disease.

4. What does Gawande say tormented Ivan Ilych most?

The lie that he was not really dying.

5. What does Gawande say Ilych wanted?

To be pitied.

6. When does Gawande say he started to write about medical issues?

Surgical residency.

7. What does Gawande say he and his fellow doctors hoped to do for Joseph Lazaroff?

Cure him.

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