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

2. What did Konner think was unrealistic about the doctor he saw on TV?
(a) He cared about his patients.
(b) He got away with gross incompetence.
(c) He was relentless in his pursuit of nurses.
(d) He had no life outside the hospital.

3. What crude behavior does Konner describe from a resident physician?
(a) Exposing himself to a patient.
(b) Making racist/sexist jokes with the patients.
(c) Snickering at a woman's diagnosis.
(d) Insulting the interns in front of the patients.

4. Who did students meet with during initial basic clinical skills class?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Patients.
(c) Nurses.
(d) Patients' relatives.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Konner characterize the other medical students?

2. What was Konner's Uncle Bobby's role in Konner's life?

3. What is 'bagging' a patient?

4. What did patient Edwards regain after surgery?

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

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