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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. What does Gawande say drives youth to seek their own opportunities as opposed to caring for their elders?
(a) Prosperity.
(b) Famine.
(c) Political conflict.
(d) Emigration.

2. Which finger does Gawande say has 40% of the hand’s muscles?
(a) The middle finger.
(b) The pinky finger.
(c) The pointer finger.
(d) The thumb.

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

4. When does Gawande say he started to experience dead people?
(a) In medical school.
(b) As a young child.
(c) In college.
(d) In visits to his father’s village.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ivan Ilych die of?

3. What does Gawande say tormented Ivan Ilych most?

4. What does Gawande say is the greatest threat elderly people face?

5. How does Gawande characterize the trend among geriatrics departments in hospitals?

(see the answer key)

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