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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 — A Better Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gawande say Laura Carstensen found in terms of people’s values in life?
(a) Your needs depend on how many people you love.
(b) Your needs depend on who needs you.
(c) Your needs depend on how much pain you are in.
(d) Your needs depend on how much time you have.

2. How does Gawande say Philip Roth characterizes old age?
(a) A massacre.
(b) A warm bath.
(c) A fuzzy puzzle.
(d) A series of dislocations.

3. What does Gawande say life expectancy was in the Roman Empire?
(a) 48.
(b) 28.
(c) 56.
(d) 32.

4. By what factor does Gawande say the cost of living in a nursing home exceeds the cost of living in an assisted living facility?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. How did Alice Hobson lose her car?
(a) She got in a small accident and lost her license.
(b) She forgot to make her car payments.
(c) She left the keys in it and it was stolen.
(d) She parked it in the wrong parking lot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Gawande say people started to go to doctors, instead of doctors coming to them?

3. How many hospitals does Gawande say were built after Congress passed the Hill Burton Act, to provide funds for hospital construction?

4. What does Gawande say led Keren Wilson to focus on assisted living facilities?

5. When did Gawande’s father become a U.S. citizen?

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