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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) Drinking.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Chopping wood.
(d) Playing golf.

2. How does Konner characterize the anesthesiologist?
(a) Irritable and judgmental.
(b) Witty and detached.
(c) Aggressive and combative.
(d) Weak and fussy.

3. What does Konner say he tried to hide from the woman on whom he had to perform a neurological exam?
(a) He had never performed this exam before.
(b) He thought she has severe problems.
(c) He was sick himself.
(d) He was attracted to her.

4. Where did Konner go at the end of his last shift, when he wanted to reflect on the trauma patients he treated?
(a) For a walk with another intern.
(b) The bar.
(c) Home.
(d) The chapel.

5. What is intubation?
(a) Placing a tube into a patient's bladder.
(b) Placing a breathing tube into a patient's throat.
(c) Placing a tube for intravenous fluids into a patient's arm.
(d) Placing a tube into a patient's ear.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what age did Konner begin his first rotation?

3. What had happened to the woman who was rolled into the ER?

4. What does Konner say was keeping him tired?

5. Who confirmed the nurse-anesthesiologist's concern that a patient not be released immediately after surgery?

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