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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 — Hard Conversations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of doctors in Nicholas Christakis’ study overestimated their patients’ survival time?
(a) 19%.
(b) 37%.
(c) 63%.
(d) 49%.

2. When did Keren Wilson open her first assisted living facility?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1976.

3. Which of Gawande’s patients showed him “how understanding the finitude of one’s time could be a gift” (209)?
(a) Joseph Lazaroff.
(b) Sara Monopoli.
(c) Jewel Douglas.
(d) Lou Sanders.

4. What was the default option for poor elderly people in the time of Mabel’s study?
(a) Poorhouse.
(b) Live with family.
(c) Homelessness.
(d) State-sponsored retirement communities.

5. What does Gawande say Felix Silverstone’s wife found exasperating about being in a nursing home floor while her bones mended?
(a) The nurses did not comb her hair the way she preferred.
(b) The staff were unprofessional.
(c) Felix was no longer around to take care of her.
(d) The staff did not perform all the help she needed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the alternative Lazaroff was offered beside surgery?

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

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

4. Who wrote The Death of Ivan Ilych?

5. Where does Gawande say he witnessed the most hellish conditions of his life?

(see the answer key)

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