View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gawande characterize the “newest view” about why we age (32)?
(a) Aging is based on economic class.
(b) Aging is genetically programmed.
(c) Aging is a sum of wear and tear.
(d) Aging is environmentally determined.

2. What does Gawande say drives youth to seek their own opportunities as opposed to caring for their elders?
(a) Emigration.
(b) Prosperity.
(c) Political conflict.
(d) Famine.

3. What does Gawande say is the biggest difference between how people age today and how they used to age?
(a) They used to be cared for in multi-generational systems.
(b) They used to be much more independent.
(c) They used to die much earlier.
(d) They used to be much more private.

4. By what factor was the doctors’ average overestimation of people’s survival time inaccurate?
(a) 250%.
(b) 420%.
(c) 1,700%.
(d) 530%.

5. How does Gawande say Alice’s family dealt with her depression?
(a) They found her a better situation.
(b) They enrolled her in classes at the local university.
(c) They put her on depression medication.
(d) They brought her a cat and house plants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gawande say Josiah Royce described as the heart of a meaningful life?

2. What value did Thomas espouse in running his farm?

3. How does Gawande characterize the people who spend the last days of their life in the ICU?

4. How many of the 100 people Mabel Nassau studied were able to support themselves?

5. What does Gawande say made Alice Hobson unhappy with her assisted living facility?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 263 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample