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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Konner distressed by the first part of the National Medical Board Examinations?
(a) He was afraid that he would not pass.
(b) He was afraid that he would not get a higher score than his class rival.
(c) He did not know if he would be able to get a scholarship.
(d) He was not confident that he could score above the middle of the class.

2. What interest did Konner's medical training have in common with his previous training?
(a) Distribution of disease in populations.
(b) Cell development.
(c) Human evolution.
(d) Human behavior.

3. What procedure did Konner participate in with David Milano?
(a) Removing surgical stitches.
(b) Heart surgery.
(c) Exploratory surgery.
(d) Herniography.

4. What had Petey begun to do at age seventeen?
(a) Assault people.
(b) Attempt suicide.
(c) Use street drugs.
(d) Regress to childhood.

5. What does Konner say Dr. Ruskin bragged about having spent the weekend doing?
(a) Playing golf.
(b) Chopping wood.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Drinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is intubation?

2. When did walk-rounds begin in the Emergency Ward?

3. How does Konner say he reacts to this split between methodologies?

4. What medical term does Konner use to describe his book?

5. For how long has Konner wanted to study medicine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Konner's experience with shock therapy?

2. What was Konner's experience in Africa, and what is its relation to Konner's current studies?

3. What does Konner say he finds unrealistic in TV doctor dramas?

4. Describe Konner's first 'Saturday Night Knife and Gun Club'.

5. How does Konner describe Gerald Edwards' brain surgery?

6. How does Konner characterize his medical student colleagues?

7. How does Konner contrast American medical diagnoses to African children's lives?

8. What was Edwards' condition after surgery?

9. How does Konner characterize the anesthesiologist's job?

10. What crude resident behavior was Konner appalled by?

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