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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 — Dependence.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Gawande characterize the similarity between nursing homes and prisons?
(a) They are both state-run.
(b) They are both total institutions.
(c) They both house mostly poor people.
(d) They are both punitive.

4. How does Gawande characterize the plot of a person’s health for most of history?
(a) A series of dips followed by recoveries that approach the horizontal axis of death.
(b) A series of minor decreases in a slow decline toward death.
(c) A high line that ends abruptly.
(d) A high line that runs flat then falls quickly.

5. What does Gawande say older people’s diets tend to be richer in?
(a) Foods that cause cavities.
(b) Foods that cause ulcers.
(c) Foods that lack key nutrients.
(d) Foods that lead to weight gain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gawande say we do not have “the kind of old age” our grandfathers had (20)?

2. How does Gawande characterize the “newest view” about why we age (32)?

3. When were retirement communities popularized in the U.S.?

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

5. How did Alice Hobson lose her car?

(see the answer key)

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