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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Thomas’ explanation for the decline in the death rate?
(a) Sicker patients avoided the facility.
(b) The animals gave people stronger antibodies.
(c) He had given people a reason to live.
(d) Laughter at the animals was therapeutic.

2. What does Gawande say are the three plagues of nursing homes?
(a) Resentment, dread and indifference.
(b) Boredom, loneliness and helplessness.
(c) Medicalization, standardization and efficiency.
(d) Abandonment, fear and confusion.

3. What does Gawande say changed Bill Thomas’ life to raise his expectations?
(a) A chance discussion with a family friend.
(b) A sports scholarship.
(c) High marks on a college prep test.
(d) An impromptu interview with a college admissions officer.

4. What event does Gawande say sparked a national revolution in elder care?
(a) The Baby Boom.
(b) World War I.
(c) The New Deal.
(d) The Great Depression.

5. What does Gawande say he and his fellow doctors never touched on, in talking about Lazaroff’s condition with him?
(a) The likelihood the treatment would fail.
(b) The side effects to chemotherapy.
(c) The cost of the treatment.
(d) The reality of his disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gawande say he felt about the dead people who showed up in his dreams?

2. When did Bill Thomas take over as director of the Chase Memorial Nursing Home?

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

4. What does Gawande say Ronald Dworkin says is the heart of a meaningful life?

5. What did Gawande’s mother want for her husband, when he was dying?

(see the answer key)

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