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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 — Hard Conversations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What view does Gawande ultimately take, on the question of why we age?
(a) Things are not well cared for.
(b) Things shut down.
(c) Things break down.
(d) Things are degraded.

2. How does Gawande characterize the change over time in blood vessels, joints and the valves of the heart?
(a) Softening.
(b) Thinning.
(c) Weakening.
(d) Stiffening.

3. What does Gawande say Montaigne said about dying of old age?
(a) It is the most natural form of dying.
(b) It is the extremest form of dying.
(c) It is the kindest form of dying.
(d) It is the cruelest form of dying.

4. Why does Gawande say he and his father preferred Doctor Benzel to the neurosurgeon at Gawande’s hospital?
(a) He had more experience with Gawande’s father’s type of tumor.
(b) He made the better promises for the outcome of a surgery.
(c) He was more of an expert.
(d) He paid close attention to their needs.

5. What does Gawande say Lou Sanders was scared of?
(a) Suffering with cancer.
(b) Losing his ability to drive.
(c) Dying.
(d) Dying alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what margin does Gawande say costs came down in Keren Wilson’s assisted living facility?

2. Of the people who died in hospice care in the U.S. in 2010, what percent does Gawande say died at home?

3. What does Gawande say older people’s diets tend to be richer in?

4. Why does Gawande say we have not made a better system for caring for people near death?

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

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