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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. What feelings in the doctors does Konner say he understood after spending time with long-term incurable patients?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Bitterness.
(c) Animosity.
(d) Patience.

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

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

4. What was Konner's Uncle Bobby's role in Konner's life?
(a) Hero.
(b) Inspiration.
(c) Nemesis.
(d) Antagonist.

5. What does Konner say the younger students do not have, which older students do?
(a) Technical expertise.
(b) Intuition.
(c) Fear.
(d) Political connections.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kinds of experiences prevent medical students from looking forward to initial encounters with patients?

3. How does Konner characterize his teachers in the basic clinical skills classes?

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

5. How does Konner characterize the other medical students?

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