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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. How much of the population does Gawande say was over 65 in 1790?
(a) 13%.
(b) 2%.
(c) 4%.
(d) 6%.

2. How did Gawande’s grandfather and his wife avoid starving to death as newlyweds?
(a) They came to America and worked their way up.
(b) They appealed to a wealth uncle who bailed them out.
(c) They speculated in land and their gamble paid off.
(d) They harvested a bumper crop that paid their debts.

3. How does Gawande characterize both Lazaroff and the doctors?
(a) Miserable.
(b) Delusional.
(c) Faithful.
(d) Desperate.

4. How does Gawande characterize the “newest view” about why we age (32)?
(a) Aging is genetically programmed.
(b) Aging is environmentally determined.
(c) Aging is based on economic class.
(d) Aging is a sum of wear and tear.

5. How does Gawande characterize the new developments in medicine, in talking about the case of Lazaroff?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Torture.
(c) Cruelty.
(d) Blind groping

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gawande say has increased along with our reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying?

2. What was Lazaroff’s response to Gawande’s insistence?

3. What does Ivan Ilych die of?

4. Who wrote The Death of Ivan Ilych?

5. What does Gawande say Ilych wanted?

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