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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 — The Independent Self.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Del Webb, who popularized the term “retirement community” build his first development?
(a) California.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Florida.
(d) Arizona.

2. What does Gawande say modernization replaced the veneration of family with?
(a) Veneration of cultural traditions.
(b) Veneration of prosperity.
(c) Veneration of the independent self.
(d) Veneration of religious figures.

3. How does Gawande characterize family expectations, in regard to caring for elders?
(a) Business.
(b) Sacred obligation.
(c) Duty.
(d) Shackles.

4. How does Gawande characterize the corpse he was given to work with, his first semester of medical school?
(a) Tough.
(b) Leathery.
(c) Juicy.
(d) Stringy.

5. What does Gawande say is the thing that strikes him most about Lazaroff’s case?
(a) His chance of survival was so thin.
(b) His determination to live was otherworldly.
(c) His determination to live was otherworldly.
(d) His doctors knew he could not be cured.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gawande’s relation to Alice Hobson?

2. What does Gawande say he and his fellow doctors never touched on, in talking about Lazaroff’s condition with him?

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

4. What does Gawande say tormented Ivan Ilych most?

5. 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?

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