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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 is the first part of the brain to shrink with aging?
(a) Temporal lobe.
(b) Occipital lobe.
(c) Frontal lobe.
(d) Parietal lobe.

2. Where does Gawande say he witnessed the most hellish conditions of his life?
(a) A nursing home in the American South.
(b) A prison in Portugal.
(c) An elder home in India.
(d) An insane asylum in Belgium.

3. What does Gawande say he and his fellow doctors never touched on, in talking about Lazaroff’s condition with him?
(a) The cost of the treatment.
(b) The side effects to chemotherapy.
(c) The likelihood the treatment would fail.
(d) The reality of his disease.

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

5. How does Gawande characterize both Lazaroff and the doctors?
(a) Faithful.
(b) Miserable.
(c) Delusional.
(d) Desperate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the alternative Lazaroff was offered beside surgery?

2. How much of the population does Gawande say is over 65 in Germany, Italy and Japan in 2017?

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

4. How does Gawande characterize the state of the medical profession in the face of scientific advances that prolonged life and made dying a medical decision?

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

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