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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. When did Mabel Nassau conduct the study of elderly in Greenwich Village, that Gawande cites?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1962.

2. What does Gawande say is the “third type of doctor-patient relationship” (201)?
(a) The Interpretive Doctor.
(b) The Expert.
(c) Mr. Information.
(d) The Companion.

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

4. What does Gawande say he felt about the dead people who showed up in his dreams?
(a) That they had come to kill him.
(b) That he was responsible for their souls.
(c) That he had betrayed them.
(d) That he had killed them.

5. What system did the U.S. join Europe in implementing in 1935?
(a) Social Security.
(b) Medicaid.
(c) The New Deal.
(d) Medicare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gawande say his father’s chance of being paralyzed by surgery were?

2. By what age does Gawande say most people have functional dementia?

3. What does Gawande say he and his fellow doctors hoped to do for Joseph Lazaroff?

4. How does Gawande characterize the effect of introducing animals to Chase Memorial?

5. What does Royce say is the problem with desires as a guide for life?

(see the answer key)

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