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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 many hospitals does Gawande say were built after Congress passed the Hill Burton Act, to provide funds for hospital construction?
(a) 9,000.
(b) 4,200.
(c) 1,700.
(d) 850.

2. How many parakeets did Bill Thomas introduce to Chase Memorial?
(a) 100.
(b) 60.
(c) 2.
(d) 25.

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

4. What does Gawande say is the problem with courage?
(a) It can be manifested in opposite ways, in different circumstances.
(b) It is hard to tell what the wide course is.
(c) It depends on your information-gathering skills.
(d) It is always open for interpretation.

5. What diagnosis did Lou Sanders get after he had a fall at age 88?
(a) Alzheimer’s.
(b) Parkinson’s.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Dementia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other pets did Chase Memorial also eventually adopt?

2. What does Gawande say doctors have to do as people get closer to death?

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

4. How much of the population does Gawande say was over 65 in 1790?

5. What does Gawande say Laura Carstensen found in terms of people’s values in life?

(see the answer key)

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