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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. When did Gawande’s father become a U.S. citizen?
(a) Easter, 1986.
(b) Memorial Day, 1972.
(c) July 4, 1976.
(d) Christmas, 1982.

2. How does Gawande characterize the decline of health for the majority of people who age normally with modern medicine?
(a) A high line that ends abruptly.
(b) A series of dips followed by recoveries that approach the horizontal axis of death.
(c) A series of minor decreases in a slow decline toward death.
(d) A high line that runs flat then falls quickly.

3. What was the alternative Lazaroff was offered beside surgery?
(a) Doing nothing.
(b) Comfort care.
(c) Radiation.
(d) Assisted suicide.

4. How does Gawande characterize his exposure to death and the dying as a child?
(a) He had almost no exposure.
(b) He had a period when a lot of his friends’ grandparents and relatives were sick or died in a cluster.
(c) He had a grandfather living with him and saw his decline in detail.
(d) He was surrounded by rural poverty and high mortality.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gawande say has increased along with our reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying?

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

3. How does Gawande characterize the decline of health for people with “chronic illnesses—emphysema, liver disease, and congestive heart failure”?

4. According to James Vaupel’s research, how much of your parents’ lifespans determines your own?

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

(see the answer key)

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