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

2. Where was Melvin Konner a medical student?
(a) Bay State Hospital.
(b) Beth Israel Hospital.
(c) Galen Memorial Hospital.
(d) Kings County Hospital.

3. Where do first-year medical students' clinical experiences take place?
(a) Large hospital groups.
(b) One-on-one tutorials.
(c) By shadowing individual doctors.
(d) Small hospital groups.

4. What does Konner say patients almost always want doctors to do?
(a) Fix all their problems.
(b) Talk with them.
(c) Leave them in peace.
(d) Give them pills.

5. What had Konner been before starting med school?
(a) A sailor.
(b) A writer.
(c) A Harvard University professor.
(d) An engineer.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what did John Williams set records?

2. What criticism does Konner make of the surgery that went on for three hours?

3. Which is NOT one of the four laws of medicine?

4. What behavior of John Williams' embarrassed Konner?

5. How long is a rotation?

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