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

2. When does Gawande say he started to experience dead people?
(a) As a young child.
(b) In college.
(c) In visits to his father’s village.
(d) In medical school.

3. How much of the population does Gawande say is over 65 in Germany, Italy and Japan in 2017?
(a) More than 28%.
(b) More than 26%.
(c) More than 24%.
(d) More than 20%.

4. How much of the population does Gawande say was over 65 in 1790?
(a) 4%.
(b) 13%.
(c) 6%.
(d) 2%.

5. Where was the first assisted living facility founded?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Oregon.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gawande say life expectancy was in the Roman Empire?

2. What does Gawande say drives youth to seek their own opportunities as opposed to caring for their elders?

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

4. When did Mabel Nassau conduct the study of elderly in Greenwich Village, that Gawande cites?

5. What is Gawande’s relation to Alice Hobson?

(see the answer key)

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