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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 2017?
(a) 14%.
(b) 22%.
(c) 29%.
(d) 31%.

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

3. 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?
(a) Reactive.
(b) Unprepared.
(c) Leading by example.
(d) Partners.

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

5. Who wrote The Death of Ivan Ilych?
(a) Ivan Turgenev.
(b) Fyodor Dostoevsky.
(c) Leo Tolstoy.
(d) Mikhail Lermontov.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gawande characterize the plot of a person’s health for most of history?

2. What does Ivan Ilych die of?

3. What view does Gawande ultimately take, on the question of why we age?

4. How does Gawande characterize his grandfather Sitaram Gawande’s elder years?

5. When does Gawande say he started to experience dead people?

(see the answer key)

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