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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. What does Gawande say is the biggest difference between how people age today and how they used to age?
(a) They used to be cared for in multi-generational systems.
(b) They used to be much more independent.
(c) They used to be much more private.
(d) They used to die much earlier.

2. What is Gawande’s relation to Alice Hobson?
(a) She is his adopted grandmother.
(b) She is his daughter’s piano teacher.
(c) She is his wife’s grandmother.
(d) She is his old piano teacher.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gawande say drives youth to seek their own opportunities as opposed to caring for their elders?

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

3. How much of the population does Gawande say is over 65 in Germany, Italy and Japan in 2017?

4. How did Gawande’s grandfather and his wife avoid starving to death as newlyweds?

5. When were retirement communities popularized in the U.S.?

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