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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 does Gawande say Montaigne said about dying of old age?
(a) It is the cruelest form of dying.
(b) It is the kindest form of dying.
(c) It is the extremest form of dying.
(d) It is the most natural form of dying.

2. What does Gawande say he felt about the dead people who showed up in his dreams?
(a) That he was responsible for their souls.
(b) That he had killed them.
(c) That he had betrayed them.
(d) That they had come to kill him.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Gawande’s father’s profession?

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

4. What arrangement did Felix have to make when he brought Bella back home from the nursing home?

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

(see the answer key)

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