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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 — Letting Go.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gawande characterize the new developments in medicine, in talking about the case of Lazaroff?
(a) Torture.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Blind groping
(d) Cruelty.

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

3. What was the effect of Thomas’ first project?
(a) To increase resident satisfaction.
(b) To lower mortality rates.
(c) To reduce medical costs.
(d) To irritate the staff.

4. How many people were assigned to each “pod” at the New Bridge assisted living facility?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 22.
(d) 18.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Gawande say Keren Wilson founded the first assisted living facility?

2. How does Gawande characterize the hope of a cure that entices people into what he calls the multitrillion-dollar medical system?

3. What does Gawande say Josiah Royce described as the heart of a meaningful life?

4. What functions are affected by this first shrinking of the brain?

5. What was the default option for poor elderly people in the time of Mabel’s study?

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