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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 — Courage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gawande characterize the onset of treatment for his father’s tumor?
(a) As a tragedy that struck too early.
(b) As a punishment for not having taken better care of his father.
(c) As an opportunity to practice what he had learned to preach.
(d) As a test for what he had learned about mortality.

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

3. Who did Gawande’s father want to see in his final bout of wakefulness?
(a) Gawande’s sons.
(b) Gawande.
(c) His father.
(d) His wife.

4. Where had Thomas worked before Chase Memorial?
(a) An ER.
(b) A urology unit.
(c) A family practice.
(d) A farm.

5. What does Jewel Douglas say is her lifeblood?
(a) Holding her grandchildren.
(b) Holding her husband.
(c) Eating good food.
(d) Seeing friends.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Gawande say we have not made a better system for caring for people near death?

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

4. Who wrote The Death of Ivan Ilych?

5. What is the ars moriendi?

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