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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 tormented Ivan Ilych most?
(a) The story that he would just get better.
(b) The indifference his family felt.
(c) The impotence of his doctors.
(d) The lie that he was not really dying.

2. What percent of Americans does Gawande say died at home in the 1980s?
(a) 32%.
(b) 17%.
(c) 44%.
(d) More than half.

3. How does Gawande characterize his grandfather Sitaram Gawande’s elder years?
(a) Traveling independently.
(b) Surrounded by family.
(c) Bouncing back and forth between family members.
(d) Alone in an asylum.

4. What is the ars moriendi?
(a) The art of teaching.
(b) The art of medicine.
(c) The art of dying.
(d) The art of consoling.

5. What does Gawande say he and his fellow doctors hoped to do for Joseph Lazaroff?
(a) Manage his condition.
(b) Provide an easy death.
(c) Cure him.
(d) Demonstrate heroism in trying to save his life.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the population does Gawande say was over 65 in 1790?

2. What was the default option for poor elderly people in the time of Mabel’s study?

3. What does Gawande say he felt about the dead people who showed up in his dreams?

4. What kind of system does Gawande compare human bodies to?

5. Where does Gawande say Lou Sanders had grown up?

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