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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 — Things Fall Apart.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to James Vaupel’s research, how much of your parents’ lifespans determines your own?
(a) 42%.
(b) 7%.
(c) 3%.
(d) 25%.

3. What view does Gawande ultimately take, on the question of why we age?
(a) Things are degraded.
(b) Things break down.
(c) Things are not well cared for.
(d) Things shut down.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gawande say modernization replaced the veneration of family with?

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

4. What does Ivan Ilych die of?

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

(see the answer key)

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