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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 say he answered when his patient’s family asked if his patient was dying?
(a) He could not bring himself to tell the truth.
(b) He could not answer.
(c) He lied and said no.
(d) He could only explain all the variables.

2. How does Gawande say Philip Roth characterizes old age?
(a) A fuzzy puzzle.
(b) A massacre.
(c) A series of dislocations.
(d) A warm bath.

3. What functions are affected by this first shrinking of the brain?
(a) Abstract thinking.
(b) Planning.
(c) Judgment.
(d) Language.

4. How does Gawande say Alice’s family dealt with her depression?
(a) They enrolled her in classes at the local university.
(b) They put her on depression medication.
(c) They brought her a cat and house plants.
(d) They found her a better situation.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Alice Hobson when she was widowed?

3. What was Thomas’ first project when he arrived at Chase?

4. What does Gawande say the nursing homes Wilson looked at were designed for?

5. What percentage of doctors in Nicholas Christakis’ study overestimated their patients’ survival time?

(see the answer key)

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