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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 Ivan Ilych die of?
(a) An unnamed disease.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Malnourishment.
(d) Cholera.

2. When did Gawande’s father become a U.S. citizen?
(a) Christmas, 1982.
(b) Memorial Day, 1972.
(c) Easter, 1986.
(d) July 4, 1976.

3. What was Gawande’s father’s profession?
(a) Executive.
(b) Urologist.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Teacher.

4. How does Gawande characterize the plot of a person’s health for most of history?
(a) A high line that runs flat then falls quickly.
(b) A high line that ends abruptly.
(c) A series of dips followed by recoveries that approach the horizontal axis of death.
(d) A series of minor decreases in a slow decline toward death.

5. How much of the population does Gawande say is over 65 in Germany, Italy and Japan in 2017?
(a) More than 20%.
(b) More than 26%.
(c) More than 24%.
(d) More than 28%.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gawande characterize the change over time in blood vessels, joints and the valves of the heart?

2. How does Gawande characterize family expectations, in regard to caring for elders?

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

4. How does Gawande characterize the state of the medical profession in the face of scientific advances that prolonged life and made dying a medical decision?

5. Why does Gawande say we do not have “the kind of old age” our grandfathers had (20)?

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