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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gawande say Josiah Royce described as the heart of a meaningful life?
(a) Community and history.
(b) Self-actualization.
(c) Loyalty to a higher cause.
(d) Comfort and predictability.

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

3. How does Gawande say his father found peace and gave him and the other around him peace as well?
(a) By having performed good works as a member of his society.
(b) By deciding to forego heroic treatments.
(c) By saying what he wanted so his desires could be honored.
(d) By leaving money to those after him.

4. When does Gawande say people started to go to doctors, instead of doctors coming to them?
(a) After the 1970s.
(b) During the Depression.
(c) After World War II.
(d) After World War I.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What other pets did Chase Memorial also eventually adopt?

2. How does Gawande say insurance companies respond after the Nelene Fox case found insurance companies at fault for not paying for expensive treatments?

3. What does Jewel Douglas want Gawande to avoid in his operation?

4. How does Gawande characterize his exposure to death and the dying as a child?

5. How does Gawande characterize the new developments in medicine, in talking about the case of Lazaroff?

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