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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Anesthesiology: The Technicians of Sleep.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Konner say was keeping him tired?
(a) Nightly assignments.
(b) Problems in his personal life.
(c) His day job.
(d) Trying to do several rotations at once.

3. How does Konner characterize surgeons?
(a) Men who thrive on problem solving.
(b) Men who thrive on stress.
(c) Men who wanted to help people.
(d) Men who enjoyed making snap decisions.

4. What did Konner find for the street person who came in with a minor injury?
(a) A bottle of alcohol.
(b) A clean syringe.
(c) A place to stay.
(d) An empty bed.

5. What is the immigrant neurosurgeon's rule, when Konner makes rounds with him?
(a) Spend as little time as possible with the patient.
(b) Read the chart first.
(c) Touch the patient.
(d) Talk to the patient.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took over the anesthesiology after Dr. Ramirez was finished bagging and intubating a patient?

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

3. Where did Konner go at the end of his last shift, when he wanted to reflect on the trauma patients he treated?

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

5. What was Konner's experience in Africa?

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