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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 arrangement did Felix have to make when he brought Bella back home from the nursing home?
(a) He had to return to practicing medicine to pay for her care.
(b) He had to have contractors make modifications of their home.
(c) He hired an army of nurses and aides.
(d) He invited his daughters to live at home to help him.

2. What does Ivan Ilych die of?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Malnourishment.
(d) An unnamed disease.

3. 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 betrayed them.
(c) That he had killed them.
(d) That they had come to kill him.

4. What was the event that triggered a readjustment in Felix Silverstone’s life?
(a) He had a heart attack.
(b) His wife’s eardrum burst.
(c) His wife lost her vision.
(d) He was diagnosed with cancer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gawande characterize his grandfather Sitaram Gawande’s elder years?

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

3. What does Gawande say made Alice Hobson unhappy with her assisted living facility?

4. How does Gawande characterize the plot of a person’s health for most of history?

5. What does Gawande say is the greatest threat elderly people face?

(see the answer key)

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