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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many oncologists does Gawande admit to providing treatments they know will not work?
2. What does Gawande say our job is, in medicine?
3. How much of Medicare spending goes to the 5% of patients who are in their last year of life?
4. How does Gawande characterize his faith in Hinduism?
5. Why does Dave Galloway say he does not want to take his pain medication when his cancer is troubling him?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Gawande characterize his faith in his people’s religion, and how does he describe his participation in the Hindu ritual for dispersing his father’s remains?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Gawande ending on a personal note?
3. What are the instructions Gawande’s father left, for the disposal of his remains?
4. How does Gawande describe what the real job of people in medicine should be?
5. How does Gawande characterize the ceremony for disposing of his father’s ashes?
6. How does Gawande say that end-of-life care costs affect the American medical system?
7. What was Bill Thomas’ idea for bringing more self-reliance to the residents of Chase Memorial?
8. How does Gawande say the western medical model is spreading throughout the world?
9. What was Bill Thomas’ experience prior to starting as the director at the Chase Memorial Nursing Home?
10. What does Gawande say are the advantages of the New Bridge on the Charles retirement community?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When is Being Mortal most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?
Essay Topic 2
Write a character sketch of the author based on her style and content. What can we tell about him, based on the choices he makes in terms of description, characterization and information presentation? What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.
Essay Topic 3
What health care proposals currently in the political discourse are most likely to provide for a good death for the greatest number of people? Who is proposing that legislation, and who is opposed to it? What are the reasons for the opposition’s dissent? Who do the parties on either side speak for (who are their backers/donors)?
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