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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. Why does Gawande say we do not have “the kind of old age” our grandfathers had (20)?
(a) Because we cannot afford them.
(b) Because we have alienated generations of youth.
(c) Because we do not want them.
(d) Because our families have been broken by emigration.

2. What was Lazaroff’s response to Gawande’s insistence?
(a) He said he was looking forward to seeing his wife in heaven.
(b) He became adamant about doing everything.
(c) He said that he trusted the doctors.
(d) He said that he trusted in God to protect him.

3. What does Gawande say Montaigne said about dying of old age?
(a) It is the extremest form of dying.
(b) It is the cruelest form of dying.
(c) It is the most natural form of dying.
(d) It is the kindest form of dying.

4. What does Gawande say is the biggest difference between how people age today and how they used to age?
(a) They used to die much earlier.
(b) They used to be cared for in multi-generational systems.
(c) They used to be much more private.
(d) They used to be much more independent.

5. What does Gawande say drives youth to seek their own opportunities as opposed to caring for their elders?
(a) Emigration.
(b) Famine.
(c) Political conflict.
(d) Prosperity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gawande characterize the decline of health for the majority of people who age normally with modern medicine?

2. By what factor does Gawande say the cost of living in a nursing home exceeds the cost of living in an assisted living facility?

3. What was the alternative Lazaroff was offered beside surgery?

4. What does Gawande say modernization replaced the veneration of family with?

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

(see the answer key)

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