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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 both Lazaroff and the doctors?
(a) Desperate.
(b) Miserable.
(c) Faithful.
(d) Delusional.

2. What was the average number of children per family in the mid-1800s, and what was it by 1900?
(a) 7; 3.
(b) 9; 2.
(c) 5; 5.
(d) 6; 4.

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

4. What does Gawande say he and his fellow doctors hoped to do for Joseph Lazaroff?
(a) Demonstrate heroism in trying to save his life.
(b) Provide an easy death.
(c) Cure him.
(d) Manage his condition.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Gawande characterize the plot of a person’s health for most of history?

4. What does Gawande say Ilych wanted?

5. What does Gawande say tormented Ivan Ilych most?

(see the answer key)

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