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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 does Gawande say is the thing that strikes him most about Lazaroff’s case?
(a) His chance of survival was so thin.
(b) His determination to live was otherworldly.
(c) His determination to live was otherworldly.
(d) His doctors knew he could not be cured.

2. What was the alternative Lazaroff was offered beside surgery?
(a) Assisted suicide.
(b) Doing nothing.
(c) Comfort care.
(d) Radiation.

3. Which finger does Gawande say has 40% of the hand’s muscles?
(a) The pinky finger.
(b) The pointer finger.
(c) The thumb.
(d) The middle finger.

4. How does Gawande characterize the new developments in medicine, in talking about the case of Lazaroff?
(a) Torture.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Cruelty.
(d) Blind groping

5. How does Gawande characterize the state of the medical profession in the face of scientific advances that prolonged life and made dying a medical decision?
(a) Unprepared.
(b) Partners.
(c) Leading by example.
(d) Reactive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What functions are affected by this first shrinking of the brain?

2. What percentage of doctors in Nicholas Christakis’ study overestimated their patients’ survival time?

3. How does Gawande say Philip Roth characterizes old age?

4. What was the event that triggered a readjustment in Felix Silverstone’s life?

5. Of the people who died in hospice care in the U.S. in 2010, what percent does Gawande say died at home?

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