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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Keren Wilson say assisted living facilities are ultimately built for?
(a) Older people’s children.
(b) Administrators.
(c) Elderly people.
(d) Investors.

2. What does Gawande say he tried to impress on Lazaroff?
(a) The chance of paralysis after surgery.
(b) The risks of surgery.
(c) The likelihood the treatment would fail.
(d) The inevitability of death.

3. What does Gawande say he and his fellow doctors hoped to do for Joseph Lazaroff?
(a) Provide an easy death.
(b) Demonstrate heroism in trying to save his life.
(c) Manage his condition.
(d) Cure him.

4. What does Gawande say Wilson’s assisted living facilities protected?
(a) Autonomy.
(b) Community.
(c) Privacy.
(d) Public health.

5. How often does Gawande say he thought about elderly patients before the issue of geriatrics became an interest for him?
(a) He had watched his father practice in geriatrics.
(b) He had done his residency in a geriatrics unit.
(c) He was always passingly interested in geriatrics.
(d) He never thought about them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gawande say your chances of avoiding a nursing home depend on?

2. How does Gawande say insurance companies respond after the Nelene Fox case found insurance companies at fault for not paying for expensive treatments?

3. Who did Gawande’s father want to see in his final bout of wakefulness?

4. What does Gawande say led Keren Wilson to focus on assisted living facilities?

5. How does Gawande characterize the operation he ultimately performed on Jewel Douglas?

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