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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 Ilych wanted?
(a) To be remembered.
(b) To be lionized.
(c) To be celebrated.
(d) To be pitied.

2. What was the average number of children per family in the mid-1800s, and what was it by 1900?
(a) 9; 2.
(b) 6; 4.
(c) 7; 3.
(d) 5; 5.

3. When does Gawande say he started to write about medical issues?
(a) First year of medical school.
(b) In college.
(c) During a sabbatical.
(d) Surgical residency.

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

5. What does Gawande say he and his fellow doctors never touched on, in talking about Lazaroff’s condition with him?
(a) The reality of his disease.
(b) The likelihood the treatment would fail.
(c) The side effects to chemotherapy.
(d) The cost of the treatment.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the population does Gawande say is over 65 in Germany, Italy and Japan in 2017?

2. How old was Alice Hobson when she was widowed?

3. What does Gawande say he felt about the dead people who showed up in his dreams?

4. How did Gawande’s grandfather and his wife avoid starving to death as newlyweds?

5. What does Gawande say tormented Ivan Ilych most?

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