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

2. What does Gawande say tormented Ivan Ilych most?
(a) The indifference his family felt.
(b) The lie that he was not really dying.
(c) The impotence of his doctors.
(d) The story that he would just get better.

3. How does Gawande characterize his grandfather Sitaram Gawande’s elder years?
(a) Surrounded by family.
(b) Traveling independently.
(c) Alone in an asylum.
(d) Bouncing back and forth between family members.

4. How did Gawande’s grandfather and his wife avoid starving to death as newlyweds?
(a) They harvested a bumper crop that paid their debts.
(b) They came to America and worked their way up.
(c) They speculated in land and their gamble paid off.
(d) They appealed to a wealth uncle who bailed them out.

5. What does Ivan Ilych die of?
(a) Malnourishment.
(b) Cholera.
(c) An unnamed disease.
(d) Tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Gawande’s father become a U.S. citizen?

3. When does Gawande say he started to write about medical issues?

4. What was Gawande’s father’s profession?

5. How does Gawande characterize the corpse he was given to work with, his first semester of medical school?

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