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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 - Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many weeks premature was Paul's brother Suman when he was born?
(a) Eight weeks.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Five weeks.
(d) Seven weeks.

2. Who wrote the poem at the beginning of the Prologue?
(a) T. S. Eliot.
(b) Terrance Hayes.
(c) George Abbe.
(d) Paul Laurence Dunbar.

3. In Part 1, Section 2, where were some of Paul's college friends headed to pursue a life in the arts?
(a) Hollywood.
(b) New York City.
(c) Stratford-on-Avon.
(d) Los Angeles.

4. Of the twins that Paul watched being born by C-section toward the end of Part 1, Section 2, how long did Baby B live?
(a) 16 hours.
(b) About 18 hours.
(c) 25 hours.
(d) Not quite 24 hours.

5. Where were the exchange students from that Paul convinced there were coyotes that lived inside cacti?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. When working on his first cadaver, what did Paul find undigested in the stomach?

2. Where would Paul camp when his regular room in Part 1, Section 2 were occupied?

3. In Part 1, Section 2, how long did Paul study at Cambridge?

4. What was the gestational age of the twins that died during Paul's assignment in the ob-gyn section of the hospital?

5. Where was Verghese when he "met" Paul?

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