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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 was Lazaroff’s response to Gawande’s insistence?
(a) He said that he trusted the doctors.
(b) He became adamant about doing everything.
(c) He said that he trusted in God to protect him.
(d) He said he was looking forward to seeing his wife in heaven.

2. What does Gawande say he felt about the dead people who showed up in his dreams?
(a) That he had betrayed them.
(b) That he was responsible for their souls.
(c) That they had come to kill him.
(d) That he had killed them.

3. 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?
(a) Unprepared.
(b) Leading by example.
(c) Reactive.
(d) Partners.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Gawande characterize the new developments in medicine, in talking about the case of Lazaroff?

3. How does Gawande characterize both Lazaroff and the doctors?

4. How much of the population does Gawande say was over 65 in 2017?

5. What was the average number of children per family in the mid-1800s, and what was it by 1900?

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