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

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

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

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

5. How does Gawande say Philip Roth characterizes old age?
(a) A massacre.
(b) A warm bath.
(c) A series of dislocations.
(d) A fuzzy puzzle.

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 he tried to impress on Lazaroff?

3. What does Gawande say Felix Silverstone’s wife found exasperating about being in a nursing home floor while her bones mended?

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

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

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