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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. Why does Gawande say we have not made a better system for caring for people near death?
(a) People have not organized enough to demand it.
(b) There is not enough profit in it.
(c) Powerful interests prevent it.
(d) We do not have the imagination for it.

2. What does Gawande say Wilson’s assisted living facilities protected?
(a) Community.
(b) Privacy.
(c) Public health.
(d) Autonomy.

3. By what margin does Gawande say costs came down in Keren Wilson’s assisted living facility?
(a) 35%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 20%.

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

5. What does Gawande say has increased along with our reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying?
(a) The cruelty we inflict on people.
(b) The sterility family members feel in the face of their loved ones dying.
(c) The compassion doctors can show.
(d) The indifference caretakers can feel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What view does Gawande ultimately take, on the question of why we age?

2. What system did the U.S. join Europe in implementing in 1935?

3. What does Gawande say Lou Sanders was scared of?

4. What is the ars moriendi?

5. How much of the population does Gawande say was over 65 in 2017?

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