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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Medicine III: Healing and Hope.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is a rotation?
(a) A semester.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two months.

2. What kinds of experiences prevent medical students from looking forward to initial encounters with patients?
(a) Severe illnesses.
(b) Prior experience as a nurse or volunteer.
(c) Phobias.
(d) Car accidents.

3. How does Konner characterize obstetrics?
(a) An emergency situation that usually has a good outcome.
(b) A nervous situation of waiting to see whether a birth will even require medical care.
(c) A horrifying spectacle of women in intense pain.
(d) An artificial intrusion of Western medicine into human life.

4. What field did Konner study after OB/GYN?
(a) Gastroenterology.
(b) Cardiology.
(c) Neuropathology.
(d) Oncology.

5. What was Konner's experience in Africa?
(a) As a pilot.
(b) As a soldier.
(c) As a nurse.
(d) As an anthropologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Konner say patients almost always want doctors to do?

2. What is Howard Cullen's diagnosis?

3. What does Konner say African men did when their wives were in labor?

4. What is Pickwickian syndrome?

5. What behavior of John Williams' embarrassed Konner?

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