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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 — Things Fall Apart.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Gawande characterize family expectations, in regard to caring for elders?
(a) Business.
(b) Duty.
(c) Shackles.
(d) Sacred obligation.

3. What does Gawande say he and his fellow doctors hoped to do for Joseph Lazaroff?
(a) Provide an easy death.
(b) Cure him.
(c) Demonstrate heroism in trying to save his life.
(d) Manage his condition.

4. 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 cost of the treatment.
(c) The reality of his disease.
(d) The side effects to chemotherapy.

5. How does Gawande characterize his grandfather Sitaram Gawande’s elder years?
(a) Traveling independently.
(b) Bouncing back and forth between family members.
(c) Surrounded by family.
(d) Alone in an asylum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gawande say Montaigne said about dying of old age?

2. Who wrote The Death of Ivan Ilych?

3. What kind of system does Gawande compare human bodies to?

4. What is Gawande’s relation to Alice Hobson?

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

(see the answer key)

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