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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 modernization replaced the veneration of family with?
(a) Veneration of the independent self.
(b) Veneration of cultural traditions.
(c) Veneration of religious figures.
(d) Veneration of prosperity.

2. How does Gawande characterize the decline of health for the majority of people who age normally with modern medicine?
(a) A series of dips followed by recoveries that approach the horizontal axis of death.
(b) A high line that ends abruptly.
(c) A series of minor decreases in a slow decline toward death.
(d) A high line that runs flat then falls quickly.

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

4. How does Gawande characterize the trend among geriatrics departments in hospitals?
(a) Mostly closing down.
(b) No change from the past 30 years.
(c) Closing more than opening.
(d) Opening in more and more hospitals.

5. Which finger does Gawande say has 40% of the hand’s muscles?
(a) The pointer finger.
(b) The thumb.
(c) The middle finger.
(d) The pinky finger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gawande say life expectancy was in the Roman Empire?

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

3. How does Gawande characterize the new developments in medicine, in talking about the case of Lazaroff?

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

5. Where did Del Webb, who popularized the term “retirement community” build his first development?

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