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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 did Bill Thomas overcome the institutional inertia that might have complicated his plans to introduce animals?
(a) He overwhelmed people with big changes quickly.
(b) He talked to key opinion leaders and got buy-in.
(c) He fired anyone who refused to go along.
(d) He kept his plans secret and hatched them all at once.

2. How many oncologists does Gawande admit to providing treatments they know will not work?
(a) 40%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 60%.
(d) 50%.

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

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

5. How old was Alice Hobson when she was widowed?
(a) 41.
(b) 72.
(c) 88.
(d) 56.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gawande characterize the similarity between nursing homes and prisons?

2. How many varieties of chemotherapy did Sara Monopoli try?

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

4. What was Thomas’ explanation for the decline in the death rate?

5. How does Gawande characterize the decline of health for people with “chronic illnesses—emphysema, liver disease, and congestive heart failure”?

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