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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. What does Gawande say Montaigne said about dying of old age?
(a) It is the kindest form of dying.
(b) It is the extremest form of dying.
(c) It is the cruelest form of dying.
(d) It is the most natural form of dying.

2. How many varieties of chemotherapy did Sara Monopoli try?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

3. What is Gawande’s relation to Alice Hobson?
(a) She is his old piano teacher.
(b) She is his adopted grandmother.
(c) She is his wife’s grandmother.
(d) She is his daughter’s piano teacher.

4. What diagnosis did Lou Sanders get after he had a fall at age 88?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Alzheimer’s.
(c) Parkinson’s.
(d) Dementia.

5. What does Gawande say the nursing homes Wilson looked at were designed for?
(a) Efficiency.
(b) Control.
(c) Cost containment.
(d) Warehousing the elderly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gawande say he answered when his patient’s family asked if his patient was dying?

2. What does Gawande say led Keren Wilson to focus on assisted living facilities?

3. How does Gawande characterize his exposure to death and the dying as a child?

4. By what factor was the doctors’ average overestimation of people’s survival time inaccurate?

5. When were retirement communities popularized in the U.S.?

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