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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 — Assistance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were retirement communities popularized in the U.S.?
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1950s.

2. How does Gawande characterize the decline of health for the majority of people who age normally with modern medicine?
(a) A series of minor decreases in a slow decline toward death.
(b) A high line that runs flat then falls quickly.
(c) A high line that ends abruptly.
(d) A series of dips followed by recoveries that approach the horizontal axis of death.

3. How does Gawande characterize the “newest view” about why we age (32)?
(a) Aging is based on economic class.
(b) Aging is a sum of wear and tear.
(c) Aging is environmentally determined.
(d) Aging is genetically programmed.

4. What does Gawande say he tried to impress on Lazaroff?
(a) The chance of paralysis after surgery.
(b) The likelihood the treatment would fail.
(c) The inevitability of death.
(d) The risks of surgery.

5. What does Gawande say Felix Silverstone’s wife found exasperating about being in a nursing home floor while her bones mended?
(a) Felix was no longer around to take care of her.
(b) The nurses did not comb her hair the way she preferred.
(c) The staff did not perform all the help she needed.
(d) The staff were unprofessional.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gawande say is the thing that strikes him most about Lazaroff’s case?

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

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

4. What kind of system does Gawande compare human bodies to?

5. How did Alice Hobson lose her car?

(see the answer key)

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