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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Obstetrics: The Anatomical Volcano.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Konner characterize the other medical students?
(a) Imposing.
(b) Burly.
(c) Naïve.
(d) Indifferent.

2. What part of child birth didn't Konner like?
(a) The fathers' sympathetic sufferings.
(b) The doctors' arrogance.
(c) The women's pain.
(d) The sterile hospital environment.

3. What rule prevented Konner from attending as many births as possible?
(a) The development of private birthing centers.
(b) An increasing focus on providing birthing mothers with privacy and familiar doctors.
(c) Medical students were prevented from late stage deliveries.
(d) The hospital was not well equipped for obstetrics, and patients went elsewhere.

4. What had Dr. Suskauer been before becoming the head of obstetrics?
(a) A writer.
(b) An engineer.
(c) An accountant.
(d) A teacher.

5. What is 'bagging' a patient?
(a) Giving a bag to a nauseous patient.
(b) Covering a patient's head so they cannot see surgery.
(c) Putting a deceased patient in a body bag.
(d) Breathing for them with a rubber bag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the surgeons response when Dr. Ramirez asked Konner to intubate?

2. What does Konner say is typical of brain disease?

3. What kind of surgery did Konner watch Dr. Ruskin perform?

4. What did patient Francis Giannetti discover when he came into the hospital with leg cramps from jogging?

5. How does Konner characterize surgeons' personalities?

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