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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Neurosurgery and Neurology: Lesions of the Soul.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who confirmed the nurse-anesthesiologist's concern that a patient not be released immediately after surgery?
(a) Konner.
(b) The Emergency Ward chief.
(c) The chief of Anesthesiology.
(d) The surgeon.

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

3. For how long has Konner wanted to study medicine?
(a) Since high school.
(b) All his life.
(c) Since middle school.
(d) Since college.

4. Who took over the anesthesiology after Dr. Ramirez was finished bagging and intubating a patient?
(a) A nurse.
(b) The surgeon.
(c) The patient's mother.
(d) A nurse-anesthesiologist.

5. How does Konner say anesthesiologists view surgeons?
(a) As dangerous.
(b) As actors in their drama.
(c) As daredevils taking all the risks.
(d) As drama queens always stealing the show.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feelings in the doctors does Konner say he understood after spending time with long-term incurable patients?

2. How does Konner characterize Freddy Robertson?

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

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

5. How did Freddy Robertson handle the woman's purple finger?

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