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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gawande say Ilych wanted?
(a) To be pitied.
(b) To be lionized.
(c) To be remembered.
(d) To be celebrated.

2. How does Gawande characterize the decline of health for people with “chronic illnesses—emphysema, liver disease, and congestive heart failure”?
(a) A high line that ends abruptly.
(b) A high line that runs flat then falls quickly.
(c) A series of minor decreases in a slow decline toward death.
(d) A series of dips followed by recoveries that approach the horizontal axis of death.

3. What does Gawande say life expectancy was in the Roman Empire?
(a) 32.
(b) 56.
(c) 48.
(d) 28.

4. Who wrote The Death of Ivan Ilych?
(a) Leo Tolstoy.
(b) Ivan Turgenev.
(c) Mikhail Lermontov.
(d) Fyodor Dostoevsky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gawande say is the biggest difference between how people age today and how they used to age?

2. Where was the first assisted living facility founded?

3. What does Gawande say tormented Ivan Ilych most?

4. How does Gawande characterize Felix’ feelings when his wife dies?

5. When does Gawande say he started to experience dead people?

(see the answer key)

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