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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 drives youth to seek their own opportunities as opposed to caring for their elders?
(a) Emigration.
(b) Prosperity.
(c) Famine.
(d) Political conflict.

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

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

4. What does Gawande say is the greatest threat elderly people face?
(a) Heart attacks.
(b) Falling.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Choking.

5. What does Gawande say is the thing that strikes him most about Lazaroff’s case?
(a) His chance of survival was so thin.
(b) His doctors knew he could not be cured.
(c) His determination to live was otherworldly.
(d) His determination to live was otherworldly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gawande characterize the change over time in blood vessels, joints and the valves of the heart?

2. What does Gawande say he tried to impress on Lazaroff?

3. What event does Gawande say sparked a national revolution in elder care?

4. When did Mabel Nassau conduct the study of elderly in Greenwich Village, that Gawande cites?

5. What was the event that triggered a readjustment in Felix Silverstone’s life?

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